.TH PCRETEST 1 .SH NAME pcretest - a program for testing Perl-
compatible regular expressions. .SH SYNOPSIS .rs .sp .B pcretest
"[options] [source] [destination]" .sp \fBpcretest\fP was
written as a test program for the PCRE regular expression
library itself, but it can also be used for experimenting with
regular expressions. This document describes the features of the
test program; for details of the regular expressions themselves,
see the .\" HREF \fBpcrepattern\fP .\" documentation. For
details of the PCRE library function calls and their options,
see the .\" HREF \fBpcreapi\fP .\" documentation. . . .SH
OPTIONS .rs .TP 10 \fB-b\fP Behave as if each regex has the
\fB/B\fP (show bytecode) modifier; the internal form is output
after compilation. .TP 10 \fB-C\fP Output the version number of
the PCRE library, and all available information about the
optional features that are included, and then exit. .TP 10
\fB-d\fP Behave as if each regex has the \fB/D\fP (debug)
modifier; the internal form and information abou