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authorPaolo Bonzini <bonzini@gnu.org>2010-07-16 22:38:12 +0200
committerPaolo Bonzini <bonzini@gnu.org>2010-07-16 22:39:15 +0200
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doc: document \s and \S
* doc/grep.texi (The Backslash Character and Special Expressions): Document \s and \S escapes.
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@@ -1334,6 +1334,12 @@ Match word constituent, it is a synonym for @samp{[[:alnum:]]}.
@item @samp{\W}
Match non-word constituent, it is a synonym for @samp{[^[:alnum:]]}.
+@item @samp{\s}
+Match whitespace, it is a synonym for @samp{[[:space:]]}.
+
+@item @samp{\S}
+Match non-whitespace, it is a synonym for @samp{[^[:space:]]}.
+
@end table
For example, @samp{\brat\b} matches the separate word @samp{rat},