If your having problems you should try reinstalling the app <div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Jun 7, 2008 at 2:51 PM, Chris Mohler <<a href="mailto:cr33dog@gmail.com">cr33dog@gmail.com</a>> wrote: <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> On Sat, Jun 7, 2008 at 4:38 PM, dave selby <<a href="mailto:dave6502@googlemail.com">dave6502@googlemail.com</a>> wrote: > Hi All, > > My regex is hopeless ... I am trying to match > > '0:00 motion' > > and it just is not having it ... > > echo '7882 pts/1 Sl+ 0:00 motion' | grep -e > '[:digit;]:[:digit:][:digit:].motion$' > > can anyone tell me where I am going wrong ? No expert, but how about this: echo '7882 pts/1 Sl+ 0:00 motion' | grep -o "[0-9]:[0-9][0-9].motion$" -o tells grep to only output the matched portion... Chris -- ubuntu-users mailing list <a href="mailto:ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com">ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com</a> Modify settings or unsubscribe at: <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users" target="_blank">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users</a> </blockquote></div>