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.. _cmd-string:
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string - manipulate strings
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===========================
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Synopsis
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--------
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.. synopsis::
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string collect [-N | --no-trim-newlines] [STRING ...]
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string escape [-n | --no-quoted] [--style=] [STRING ...]
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string join [-q | --quiet] SEP [STRING ...]
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string join0 [-q | --quiet] [STRING ...]
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string length [-q | --quiet] [STRING ...]
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string lower [-q | --quiet] [STRING ...]
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string match [-a | --all] [-e | --entire] [-i | --ignore-case]
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[-r | --regex] [-n | --index] [-q | --quiet] [-v | --invert]
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PATTERN [STRING ...]
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string pad [-r | --right] [-c | --char CHAR] [-w | --width INTEGER]
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[STRING ...]
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string repeat [(-n | --count) COUNT] [(-m | --max) MAX] [-N | --no-newline]
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[-q | --quiet] [STRING ...]
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string replace [-a | --all] [-f | --filter] [-i | --ignore-case]
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[-r | --regex] [-q | --quiet] PATTERN REPLACE [STRING ...]
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string split [(-m | --max) MAX] [-n | --no-empty] [-q | --quiet]
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[-r | --right] SEP [STRING ...]
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string split0 [(-m | --max) MAX] [-n | --no-empty] [-q | --quiet]
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[-r | --right] [STRING ...]
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string sub [(-s | --start) START] [(-l | --length) LENGTH]
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[-q | --quiet] [STRING ...]
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string trim [-l | --left] [-r | --right] [(-c | --chars) CHARS]
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[-q | --quiet] [STRING ...]
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string unescape [--style=] [STRING ...]
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string upper [-q | --quiet] [STRING ...]
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Description
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-----------
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``string`` performs operations on strings.
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*STRING* arguments are taken from the command line unless standard input is connected to a pipe or a file, in which case they are read from standard input, one *STRING* per line. It is an error to supply *STRING* arguments on the command line and on standard input.
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Arguments beginning with ``-`` are normally interpreted as switches; ``--`` causes the following arguments not to be treated as switches even if they begin with ``-``. Switches and required arguments are recognized only on the command line.
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Most subcommands accept a **-q** or **--quiet** switch, which suppresses the usual output but exits with the documented status. In this case these commands will quit early, without reading all of the available input.
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The following subcommands are available.
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.. _cmd-string-collect:
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"collect" subcommand
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--------------------
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.. include:: string-collect.rst
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:start-after: BEGIN SYNOPSIS
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:end-before: END SYNOPSIS
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.. include:: string-collect.rst
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:start-after: BEGIN DESCRIPTION
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:end-before: END DESCRIPTION
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Examples
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^^^^^^^^
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.. include:: string-collect.rst
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:start-after: BEGIN EXAMPLES
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:end-before: END EXAMPLES
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"escape" and "unescape" subcommands
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-----------------------------------
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.. include:: string-escape.rst
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:start-after: BEGIN SYNOPSIS
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:end-before: END SYNOPSIS
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.. include:: string-escape.rst
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:start-after: BEGIN DESCRIPTION
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:end-before: END DESCRIPTION
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Examples
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^^^^^^^^
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.. include:: string-escape.rst
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:start-after: BEGIN EXAMPLES
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:end-before: END EXAMPLES
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"join" and "join0" subcommands
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------------------------------
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.. include:: string-join.rst
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:start-after: BEGIN SYNOPSIS
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:end-before: END SYNOPSIS
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.. include:: string-join.rst
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:start-after: BEGIN DESCRIPTION
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:end-before: END DESCRIPTION
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Examples
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^^^^^^^^
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.. include:: string-join.rst
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:start-after: BEGIN EXAMPLES
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:end-before: END EXAMPLES
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"length" subcommand
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-------------------
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.. include:: string-length.rst
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:start-after: BEGIN SYNOPSIS
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:end-before: END SYNOPSIS
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.. include:: string-length.rst
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:start-after: BEGIN DESCRIPTION
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:end-before: END DESCRIPTION
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Examples
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^^^^^^^^
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.. include:: string-length.rst
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:start-after: BEGIN EXAMPLES
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:end-before: END EXAMPLES
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"lower" subcommand
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------------------
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.. include:: string-lower.rst
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:start-after: BEGIN SYNOPSIS
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:end-before: END SYNOPSIS
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.. include:: string-lower.rst
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:start-after: BEGIN DESCRIPTION
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:end-before: END DESCRIPTION
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.. include:: string-lower.rst
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:start-after: BEGIN EXAMPLES
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:end-before: END EXAMPLES
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"match" subcommand
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------------------
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.. include:: string-match.rst
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:start-after: BEGIN SYNOPSIS
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:end-before: END SYNOPSIS
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.. include:: string-match.rst
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:start-after: BEGIN DESCRIPTION
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:end-before: END DESCRIPTION
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.. include:: string-match.rst
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:start-after: BEGIN EXAMPLES
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:end-before: END EXAMPLES
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"pad" subcommand
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------------------
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.. include:: string-pad.rst
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:start-after: BEGIN SYNOPSIS
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:end-before: END SYNOPSIS
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.. include:: string-pad.rst
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:start-after: BEGIN DESCRIPTION
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:end-before: END DESCRIPTION
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.. include:: string-pad.rst
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:start-after: BEGIN EXAMPLES
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:end-before: END EXAMPLES
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"repeat" subcommand
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-------------------
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.. include:: string-repeat.rst
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:start-after: BEGIN SYNOPSIS
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:end-before: END SYNOPSIS
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.. include:: string-repeat.rst
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:start-after: BEGIN DESCRIPTION
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:end-before: END DESCRIPTION
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Examples
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^^^^^^^^
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.. include:: string-repeat.rst
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:start-after: BEGIN EXAMPLES
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:end-before: END EXAMPLES
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"replace" subcommand
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--------------------
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.. include:: string-replace.rst
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:start-after: BEGIN SYNOPSIS
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:end-before: END SYNOPSIS
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.. include:: string-replace.rst
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:start-after: BEGIN DESCRIPTION
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:end-before: END DESCRIPTION
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.. include:: string-replace.rst
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:start-after: BEGIN EXAMPLES
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:end-before: END EXAMPLES
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.. _cmd-string-split:
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.. _cmd-string-split0:
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"split" and "split0" subcommands
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--------------------------------
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.. include:: string-split.rst
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:start-after: BEGIN SYNOPSIS
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:end-before: END SYNOPSIS
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.. include:: string-split.rst
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:start-after: BEGIN DESCRIPTION
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:end-before: END DESCRIPTION
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Examples
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^^^^^^^^
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.. include:: string-split.rst
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:start-after: BEGIN EXAMPLES
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:end-before: END EXAMPLES
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"sub" subcommand
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----------------
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.. include:: string-sub.rst
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:start-after: BEGIN SYNOPSIS
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:end-before: END SYNOPSIS
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.. include:: string-sub.rst
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:start-after: BEGIN DESCRIPTION
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:end-before: END DESCRIPTION
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Examples
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^^^^^^^^
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.. include:: string-sub.rst
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:start-after: BEGIN EXAMPLES
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:end-before: END EXAMPLES
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"trim" subcommand
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-----------------
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.. include:: string-trim.rst
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:start-after: BEGIN SYNOPSIS
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:end-before: END SYNOPSIS
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.. include:: string-trim.rst
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:start-after: BEGIN DESCRIPTION
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:end-before: END DESCRIPTION
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Examples
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^^^^^^^^
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.. include:: string-trim.rst
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:start-after: BEGIN EXAMPLES
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:end-before: END EXAMPLES
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"upper" subcommand
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------------------
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.. include:: string-upper.rst
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:start-after: BEGIN SYNOPSIS
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:end-before: END SYNOPSIS
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.. include:: string-upper.rst
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:start-after: BEGIN DESCRIPTION
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:end-before: END DESCRIPTION
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.. include:: string-upper.rst
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:start-after: BEGIN EXAMPLES
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:end-before: END EXAMPLES
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Regular Expressions
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-------------------
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Both the ``match`` and ``replace`` subcommand support regular expressions when used with the **-r** or **--regex** option. The dialect is that of PCRE2.
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In general, special characters are special by default, so ``a+`` matches one or more "a"s, while ``a\+`` matches an "a" and then a "+". ``(a+)`` matches one or more "a"s in a capturing group (``(?:XXXX)`` denotes a non-capturing group). For the replacement parameter of ``replace``, ``$n`` refers to the n-th group of the match. In the match parameter, ``\n`` (e.g. ``\1``) refers back to groups.
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Some features include repetitions:
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- ``*`` refers to 0 or more repetitions of the previous expression
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- ``+`` 1 or more
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- ``?`` 0 or 1.
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- ``{n}`` to exactly n (where n is a number)
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- ``{n,m}`` at least n, no more than m.
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- ``{n,}`` n or more
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Character classes, some of the more important:
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- ``.`` any character except newline
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- ``\d`` a decimal digit and ``\D``, not a decimal digit
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- ``\s`` whitespace and ``\S``, not whitespace
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- ``\w`` a "word" character and ``\W``, a "non-word" character
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- ``[...]`` (where "..." is some characters) is a character set
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- ``[^...]`` is the inverse of the given character set
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- ``[x-y]`` is the range of characters from x-y
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- ``[[:xxx:]]`` is a named character set
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- ``[[:^xxx:]]`` is the inverse of a named character set
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- ``[[:alnum:]]`` : "alphanumeric"
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- ``[[:alpha:]]`` : "alphabetic"
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- ``[[:ascii:]]`` : "0-127"
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- ``[[:blank:]]`` : "space or tab"
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- ``[[:cntrl:]]`` : "control character"
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- ``[[:digit:]]`` : "decimal digit"
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- ``[[:graph:]]`` : "printing, excluding space"
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- ``[[:lower:]]`` : "lower case letter"
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- ``[[:print:]]`` : "printing, including space"
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- ``[[:punct:]]`` : "printing, excluding alphanumeric"
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- ``[[:space:]]`` : "white space"
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- ``[[:upper:]]`` : "upper case letter"
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- ``[[:word:]]`` : "same as \w"
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- ``[[:xdigit:]]`` : "hexadecimal digit"
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Groups:
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- ``(...)`` is a capturing group
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- ``(?:...)`` is a non-capturing group
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- ``\n`` is a backreference (where n is the number of the group, starting with 1)
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- ``$n`` is a reference from the replacement expression to a group in the match expression.
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And some other things:
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- ``\b`` denotes a word boundary, ``\B`` is not a word boundary.
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- ``^`` is the start of the string or line, ``$`` the end.
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- ``|`` is "alternation", i.e. the "or".
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Comparison to other tools
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-------------------------
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Most operations ``string`` supports can also be done by external tools. Some of these include ``grep``, ``sed`` and ``cut``.
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If you are familiar with these, it is useful to know how ``string`` differs from them.
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In contrast to these classics, ``string`` reads input either from stdin or as arguments. ``string`` also does not deal with files, so it requires redirections to be used with them.
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In contrast to ``grep``, ``string``'s ``match`` defaults to glob-mode, while ``replace`` defaults to literal matching. If set to regex-mode, they use PCRE regular expressions, which is comparable to ``grep``'s ``-P`` option. ``match`` defaults to printing just the match, which is like ``grep`` with ``-o`` (use **--entire** to enable grep-like behavior).
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Like ``sed``'s ``s/old/new/`` command, ``string replace`` still prints strings that don't match. ``sed``'s ``-n`` in combination with a ``/p`` modifier or command is like ``string replace -f``.
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``string split somedelimiter`` is a replacement for ``tr somedelimiter \n``.
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