Joseph L. Casale wrote:
> I need a little help, trying to search for a line that begins with /dev
> and ends with a single digit that I will choose, like 5. I can search for
> ^/dev and 5$ but I am having trouble forming the combined search pattern
> using egrep.
If you mean any single digit not preceded by another digit:
^/dev.*[^0-9][0-9]$
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