recommend the <a href="http://pcre.org/pcre.txt">PCRE man pages</a>, the
<a href="http://perldoc.perl.org/perlre.html">Perl regular
expression man page</a>, and <a
-href="http://shop.oreilly.com/product/9780596528126.do">Mastering
-Regular Expressions, by Jeffrey Friedl</a>.</p>
+href="https://www.oreilly.com/library/view/mastering-regular-expressions/0596528124/">Mastering
+Regular Expressions, by Jeffrey Friedl</a> (the third edition is from
+2006, but regular expression syntax is essentially unchanged, and this
+remains the definitive reference on the subject).</p>
<p>In this document, we attempt to provide enough of a regex vocabulary
to get you started, without being overwhelming, in the hope that