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authorDaniel Shahaf <danielsh@apache.org>2019-12-18 00:33:43 +0000
committerDaniel Shahaf <danielsh@apache.org>2019-12-18 00:33:51 +0000
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45073: regex-replace docs: Simplify grammar (avoid a double negative, state defaults first).
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@@ -4284,9 +4284,10 @@ See also the tt(pager), tt(prompt) and tt(rprompt) styles below.
 findex(regexp-replace)
 item(tt(regexp-replace) var(var) var(regexp) var(replace))(
 Use regular expressions to perform a global search and replace operation
-on a variable.  If the option tt(RE_MATCH_PCRE) is not set, POSIX
-extended regular expressions are used, else Perl-compatible regular
-expressions (this requires the shell to be linked against the tt(pcre)
+on a variable.  POSIX extended regular expressions are used,
+unless the option tt(RE_MATCH_PCRE) has been set, in which case
+Perl-compatible regular expressions are used
+(this requires the shell to be linked against the tt(pcre)
 library).
 
 var(var) is the name of the variable containing the string to be matched.