Re: How do I specify a & character in Grep?

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texte = >Thanks, but that's not what I'm trying to do.>>I'm trying to strip a URL down to it's filename using Webcat's Grep.>I'm not searching a database, I'm trying to parse some text.>>[grep >search=http://[a-zA-Z_0-9]*.[a-zA-Z_0-9]*.[a-zA-Z_0-9]*/&replace=]http://www.domain.com/index.html?1st=ho&2nd=bo&3rd=mo[/grep]>>I want to strip out the search args of the URL string which include >?, &, =, etc. . .First you said you want to strip to the file name, then you said you want to strip the search args. This solution does both, depending upon what you really want, and it does not need grep to do it:1- Set the current URL to a text variable:[text]theURL=http://www.domain.com/index.html?1st=ho&2nd=bo&3rd=mo[/text]2- Strip the search args and set the result to newURL:[text]newURL=[middle endbefore=?][theURL][/middle][/text]3- Strip the newURL down to its file name:[listwords words=[newURL]&delimiters=/][text]nameOfFile=[word][/text]4- To display the file name, use [nameOfFile]. To display the URL without the search args, use [newURL].================================Kenneth Grome, WebDNA Consultant808-737-6499 http://webdna.net================================-------------------------------------------------------------This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list .To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://search.smithmicro.com/ Associated Messages, from the most recent to the oldest:

Re: How do I specify a & character in Grep? (Kim Ingram 2000)
Re: How do I specify a & character in Grep? (John Butler 2000)
Re: How do I specify a & character in Grep? (Kim Ingram 2000)
Re: How do I specify a & character in Grep? (WebDNA Support 2000)
Re: How do I specify a & character in Grep? (Webcat 2000)
Re: How do I specify a & character in Grep? (Webcat 2000)
Re: How do I specify a & character in Grep? (WebDNA Support 2000)
Re: How do I specify a & character in Grep? (Webcat 2000)
Re: How do I specify a & character in Grep? (Kenneth Grome 2000)
Re: How do I specify a & character in Grep? (Webcat 2000)
Re: How do I specify a & character in Grep? (John Butler 2000)
How do I specify a & character in Grep? (Webcat 2000)

>Thanks, but that's not what I'm trying to do.>>I'm trying to strip a URL down to it's filename using Webcat's Grep.>I'm not searching a database, I'm trying to parse some text.>>[grep >search=http://[a-zA-Z_0-9]*.[a-zA-Z_0-9]*.[a-zA-Z_0-9]*/&replace=]http://www.domain.com/index.html?1st=ho&2nd=bo&3rd=mo[/grep]>>I want to strip out the search args of the URL string which include >?, &, =, etc. . .First you said you want to strip to the file name, then you said you want to strip the search args. This solution does both, depending upon what you really want, and it does not need grep to do it:1- Set the current URL to a text variable:[text]theURL=http://www.domain.com/index.html?1st=ho&2nd=bo&3rd=mo[/text]2- Strip the search args and set the result to newURL:[text]newURL=[middle endbefore=?][theURL][/middle][/text]3- Strip the newURL down to its file name:[listwords words=[newURL]&delimiters=/][text]nameOfFile=[word][/text]4- To display the file name, use [nameOfFile]. To display the URL without the search args, use [newURL].================================Kenneth Grome, WebDNA Consultant808-737-6499 http://webdna.net================================-------------------------------------------------------------This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list .To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://search.smithmicro.com/ Kenneth Grome

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