具体官网的解释是:These are always used inside square brackets in the form [[:alnum:]] or combined as [[:digit:]a-d]
即:
对于
[:digit:] Only the digits 0 to 9
[:alnum:] Any alphanumeric character 0 to 9 OR A to Z or a to z.
之类的含义,都是必须写成:
[xxx]
即:
[[:digit:]]
[[:alnum:]]
即,语法就是这么定义的.
自己用google搜:
Regular Expressions - A Gentle User Guide and Tutorial
可以找到完整的,详细的解释.
另外,感兴趣的,也可以去看我总结的:
crifan 正则表达式学习心得
(此处不给贴地址,请自己用google搜标题,就可以找到帖子了)