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Re:OnlyFans to block sexually explicit videos starting in Oc... by Banana699 on Thursday August 19, 2021 @08:10PM (#28240881)
The notation s/<regex1>/<regex2> is perl for "replace every instance matching regex1 by regex2. Literal strings are regexes that match only themselves.
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Re:OnlyFans to block sexually explicit videos starting in Oc... by bzbarsky on Friday August 20, 2021 @01:43AM (#28243036)
Not just perl. Also sed, which is likely where perl got it from.
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Re:OnlyFans to block sexually explicit videos starting in Oc... by majewsky on Friday August 20, 2021 @04:54AM (#28244069)
Not just sed. Also ed, which is where sed got it from.
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Re:OnlyFans to block sexually explicit videos starting in Oc... by bzbarsky on Tuesday August 24, 2021 @06:53PM (#28295976)
Yes, indeed. :)
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