Regular Expressions in Linux Explained with Examples

Regular expressions (Regexp)is one of the advanced concept we require to write efficient shell scripts and for effective system administration. Basically regular expressions are divided in to 3 types for better understanding.

1)Basic Regular expressions
2)Interval Regular expressions (Use option -E for grep and -r for sed)
3)Extended Regular expressions (Use option -E for grep and -r for sed)

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