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TIL That the symbol ^ is called a "caret" not a "carrot", from the Latin meaning "it lacks" (en.wikipedia.org)
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[โ€“] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Maybe kinda? With matching the start of a line, it makes as much sense as $ matching EOL.

[โ€“] owenfromcanada@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

Yeah, not the start of line, but the inverse of the "any" pattern.