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That character is often used in both ways in text processing - check any
Perl book. It is not editor-specific - both usages of ^ you cited are quite
common.
^ is indeed used for line beginnings, and (example - ^abc) for matching
anything but the characters that follow it.
BTW, I use vi, but I'm an old fashioned gal.
Cheers
Bee
On Mon, Apr 29, 2013 at 12:13 PM, <Brian -dot- Henderson -at- mitchell1 -dot- com> wrote:
> I'd like to second that sentiment. The tutorial is good as a general
> primer on the principals of RegEx, but individual programs and applications
> will vary in the ways regular expressions are created.
>
> For example, in the two main plain text editors I use:
> TextPad: ^ as the first character of an RE anchors the expression to the
> beginning of the line.
> EditPlus: ^ as the first character of an RE means none of the enclosed
> characters may match the target character.
>
> -Brian H.
>
> -----Original Message----- From: Tony Chung
>
> Becca,
>
> Just a caution, too, that while regexp uses fairly common syntax across
> the board, regexp features may be limited by the processor. The operating
> system, application, or language you will be using will dictate the regexp
> that can be used.
>
> -T
>
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