Re: grep for search, not replace

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2002


It keeps the original formatting.
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texte = Thanks - that should do it!-----Original Message----- From: Brian Fries [mailto:webdna@brainscansoftware.com] Sent: Monday, November 25, 2002 11:35 AM To: WebDNA-Talk@talk.smithmicro.com Subject: Re: grep for search, not replace You can grep with replace into a temporary variable, then compare the temporary variable to the original, something like this... [text]temp=[grep search=ABC&replace=][originaltext][/grep][/text][showif [url][temp][/url]![url][original][/url]] The search string was found! [/showif]- brianAt 10:27 AM 11/25/2002, ScottR@benjerry.com wrote: >Can grep be used to just to test for the existence of a pattern, rather than >being used to replace it? -- <= Brian C. Fries, BrainScan Software http://www.brainscansoftware.com =>------------------------------------------------------------- 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://webdna.smithmicro.com/------------------------------------------------------------- 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://webdna.smithmicro.com/ Associated Messages, from the most recent to the oldest:

    
  1. Re: grep for search, not replace (John Peacock 2002)
  2. Re: grep for search, not replace (ScottR@benjerry.com 2002)
  3. Re: grep for search, not replace (Brian Fries 2002)
  4. Re: grep for search, not replace (ScottR@benjerry.com 2002)
  5. Re: grep for search, not replace (John Peacock 2002)
  6. grep for search, not replace (ScottR@benjerry.com 2002)
Thanks - that should do it!-----Original Message----- From: Brian Fries [mailto:webdna@brainscansoftware.com] Sent: Monday, November 25, 2002 11:35 AM To: WebDNA-Talk@talk.smithmicro.com Subject: Re: grep for search, not replace You can grep with replace into a temporary variable, then compare the temporary variable to the original, something like this... [text]temp=[grep search=ABC&replace=][originaltext][/grep][/text][showif [url][temp][/url]![url][original][/url]] The search string was found! [/showif]- brianAt 10:27 AM 11/25/2002, ScottR@benjerry.com wrote: >Can grep be used to just to test for the existence of a pattern, rather than >being used to replace it? -- <= Brian C. Fries, BrainScan Software http://www.brainscansoftware.com =>------------------------------------------------------------- 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://webdna.smithmicro.com/------------------------------------------------------------- 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://webdna.smithmicro.com/ ScottR@benjerry.com

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