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6.32.2. Contents of Flex

Installed programs: flex, flex++ (link to flex), and lex (link to flex)

Installed libraries: libfl.so

Installed directory: /usr/share/doc/flex-2.6.4

Short Descriptions

flex A tool for generating programs that recognize patterns in text; it allows for the versatility to specify the rules for pattern-finding, eradicating the need to develop a specialized program

flex++ An extension of flex, is used for generating C++ code and classes. It is a symbolic link to flex lex A symbolic link that runs flex in lex emulation mode‌

libfl The flex library

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