IWOV regex reference suggestions ?

Andy Knipp

OK, so normally I am a brute force type of guy. Instead of complex regex I write a perl script to brute force my way through a problem.

Unfortunately I cannot keep doing that, so I wanted to find out what some good reference materials might be. I am using Unix Power Tools (admittedly that is old but still really good), I also have ORA's Mastering Regular Expressions & I feel I need a stiff drink after reading that.

What do people use ? Esp specific to TS ? Since there are multiple flavors of regex, it makes it more interesting.

Somebody should put a good KB together about when to use perl regex, when extended regex, etc.

TIA

Andy