Openldap Experts

[Cameron Simpson]

On 09Dec2007 20:42, Robert L Cochran <cochranb at speakeasy.net> wrote:
>> | egrep -v '^($|#)' /etc/ldap.conf
>>
>> OT - grep curiosity...
>> You can embed a "$" inside an alternation?
>>
>> Personally, I've always used:
>>   grep '^[^#]'
>> for this task.
>>   
> This:
> egrep -v '^($|#)' /etc/ldap.conf

Oh, I know what it _does_. I'm just surprised you can put "$" inside a
(...) section. I'm sure I've tripped over that constraint somewhere;
possibly not with GNU grep.

Anyway, my grep incantion is logically equivalent.

Cheers,
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