Fabian Lee : Software Engineer

Bash: Using BASH_REMATCH to pull capture groups from a regex

January 29, 2020
Categories: Scripting

The =~ binary operator provides the ability to compare a string to a POSIX extended regular expression in the shell. Take note, the right-hand side regex cannot be surrounded by quotes or it will be treated as a regular string, it cannot contain spaces, and must conform to POSIX regex rules and use character classes … Bash: Using BASH_REMATCH to pull capture groups from a regex

GIT: Calling git clone using password with special character

September 7, 2016
Categories: Development, Scripting

It is more popular to use an ssh key instead of a password when automating a git clone from a guest OS. But if you do need to specify the password directly into the console command, it takes this form: $ git clone https://<user>:<password>@<gitserver>/<path>/<repo>.git Which works fine if the password is plaintext, but if it … GIT: Calling git clone using password with special character