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101-400 · Question #153
What does the + symbol mean in the following grep regular expression: grep '^d[aei]\+d$' /usr/share/dict/words
The correct answer is D. Match a literal + symbol. See the full explanation below for the reasoning.
Question
What does the + symbol mean in the following grep regular expression: grep '^d[aei]+d$' /usr/share/dict/words
Options
- AMatch the preceding character set ([aei]) one or more times.
- BMatch the preceding character set ([aei]) zero or more times.
- CMatch the preceding character set ([aei]) zero or one times.
- DMatch a literal + symbol.
How the community answered
(23 responses)- A4% (1)
- B4% (1)
- C9% (2)
- D83% (19)
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