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diff --git a/src/tools/zsh.md b/src/tools/zsh.md index 4d52ae0..e9aa8bf 100644 --- a/src/tools/zsh.md +++ b/src/tools/zsh.md @@ -162,6 +162,24 @@ echo ${(L)foo} # aabb echo ${(U)foo} # AABB ``` +## Regular Expressions + +Zsh supports regular expression matching with the binary operator `=~`. +The match results can be accessed via the `$MATCH` variable and +`$match` indexed array: +- `$MATCH` contains the full match +- `$match[1]` contains match of the first capture group + +```zsh +INPUT='title foo : 1234' +REGEX='^title (.+) : ([0-9]+)$' +if [[ $INPUT =~ $REGEX ]]; then + echo "$MATCH" # title foo : 1234 + echo "$match[1]" # foo + echo "$match[2]" # 1234 +fi +``` + ## Completion ### Installation |