How to get a part of string which follows a particular pattern usingshell script

[Edward Elliott]

Anthra Norell wrote:

> This is the third problem today which I propose to solve with my stream
> editor SE. If the group thinks it could be useful I would submit it the
> moment I'm done with the doc, which is in the final stage.

You keep saying that and getting no response, so I'll take a stab at telling
you why.  I take it that when you say 'propose it to the group' and 'submit
it for distribution', you mean include it in the standard library.

My impression (and fervent hope) is that nobody's gonna throw a new,
unfamiliar module straight into the standard library.  Put it up somewhere
like the cheese shop and let people kick the tires for a few months/years. 
Then if it solves a real need, works well, is sufficiently general, and
isn't handled better by another module, it might be eligible for
consideration for inclusion in the standard library.  New modules aren't
just thrown in there willy-nilly.

-- 
Edward Elliott
UC Berkeley School of Law (Boalt Hall)
complangpython at eddeye dot net