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From: Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid>
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Subject: Re: Command Languages Versus Programming Languages
Date: Fri, 22 Nov 2024 20:41:21 -0000 (UTC)
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On Fri, 22 Nov 2024 12:47:16 +0100, Janis Papanagnou wrote:

> On 21.11.2024 23:05, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
>
>> Another handy one is “\b” for word boundaries.
> 
> I prefer \< and \> (that are quite commonly used) for such structural
> things ...

“\<” only matches the beginning of a word, “\>” only matches the end,
“\b” matches both
<https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/emacs/Regexp-Backslash.html>.