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What does the + symbol mean in the following grep regular expression: grep '^d[aei]\+d$' /usr/share/dict/words

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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.

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  • A
    3% (1)
  • B
    6% (2)
  • D
    91% (32)

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#grep#regex metacharacters#POSIX grep#pattern matching

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