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From: jeff@quark.WV.TEK.COM (Jeff Beadles)
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Subject: Re: Re^2: Vi
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Date: 14 Jun 89 15:34:28 GMT
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In article <1470@marvin.Solbourne.COM> dce@Solbourne.com (David Elliott) writes:
>Seriously, it would be nice if sed had C escapes AND a way to specify
>whitespace.  Often is the time when I type
>
>	[ 	][ 	]*
>
>and wish I had a nice way to abbreviate whitespace.

I'd settle for extended regular expressions.  (IE: [ 	]+ )

Oh well, maybe if I get to be as bored as Leo :-) :-)

	-Jeff
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