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17.4.62 regexp

Command: regexp [--set [number:]var] regexp string

Test if regular expression regexp matches string. Supported regular expressions are POSIX.2 Extended Regular Expressions. If option --set is given, store numberth matched subexpression in variable var. Subexpressions are numbered in order of their opening parentheses starting from ‘1’. number defaults to ‘1’.