Regex capture with BASH_REMATCH

Native regex match extracts groups; note: don't quote the right-hand regex

[[ $s =~ ^([0-9]+)\.([0-9]+) ]] && echo "${BASH_REMATCH[1]}/${BASH_REMATCH[2]}"
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bash12 commands
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bashdebug

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