Re: Grep Question - MAY NEVER BE SOLVED
This WebDNA talk-list message is from 2003
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texte = On Wed, 12 Nov 2003, Rajeev Kumar wrote:> if you want to force grep to be case insensitive. you have to do case 2 like> this:>> [Grep search=([Kk][Ii][Mm])&replace=
color="red">[uppercase]KIM[/uppercase]]kIm is a good dog always in> the theater[/grep]
>>> [Kk] will look for either a "K" or a "k" (or any other letter specifiedyea, that worked... just doing it....> inside the []'s).> Adding a dash in the middle, [K-k], treats it as a range between K to k.> Though im not sure why "hea" was selected.because the range from K (ascii 75) to k (ascii 107) contains h (ascii104), e (101) and a (97) - i shuld've figured it out sooner.....thanks Rajeev...>>>> ----- Original Message -----> From: "Kalin Mintchev"
> To: "WebDNA Talk" > Sent: Wednesday, November 12, 2003 2:18 PM> Subject: Re: Grep Question - MAY NEVER BE SOLVED>>> >> > ok... after a few experiments i get weird stuff happaning...> >> > case 1:> >> > [Grep search=kim&replace= > color="red">[uppercase]KIM[/uppercase]]kim is a good dog always in> > the theater[/grep]
> >> > this one produces: KIM is a good dog always in the theater - which is> > correct...> >> > csase 2:> >> > [Grep search=([K-k][I-i][M-m])&replace= > color="red">[uppercase]KIM[/uppercase]]kim is a good dog always in> > the theater[/grep]
> >> > produces: KIM is a good dog always in the tKIMter - huuuuu?!> >> > i'm trying to use case 2 to force grep to be case insensitive... note that> > if i use "kIM is a... " in case 2 i get the same result...> >> > i'd expect both versions to produce result 1.> >> > considering that theater doesn't have ANY of the 3 characters (k,i,m)> > why this grep is messing up theater => tKIMter - what's with the 'hea'> > string that has to do with KIM?> >> > is that only here or somebody can explain?> >> > i'd really appreciate some help on this...> >> > this is on RH linux and is webcat 4.5... (don't have 5)....> >> >> > thanks....> >> >> > On Wed, 12 Nov 2003, Kenneth Grome wrote:> >> > > >hi all,> > > >> > > >i was just wondering if anybody out there sees my posts....> > > >> > > >the last 3 - 4 times - including the one below - i'm getting my post> back> > > >from the list - normally - but nobody responds and from time to time> i'm> > > >getting those WARNING messages from the smithmicro server that messages> to> > > >my email have been bounced. i don't have any problems recieaving mail> and> > > >i get to see everybody else's posts....> > > >> > > >i'll appreciate if somebody replys to this post so i know that i'm not> > > >shooting in the dark...> > >> > >> > >> > > I saw your post but I have no answer for you ... and I'll tell you why:> > >> > > SMSI has never documented their version of grep, nor have they ever> > > helped us to find the *proper* documentation for the unique version> > > of grep they licensed for use in webdna. Therefore, we have no way> > > of knowing what is the proper syntax for using webdna's grep> > > effectively.> > >> > > I can use any properly documented version of grep reliably and> > > effectively all day long, but as soon as I try to use the same> > > expression in webdna's undocumented grep it will fail. So obviously> > > we need documentation of webdna's grep ...> > >> > > Where is it SMSI?> > >> > > Will you *ever* document webdna's grep?> > >> > > If not, when will you give us the name of the entity you licensed it> > > from ... so we can try to get the proper documentation ourselves?> > >> > > :(> > >> >> >> > -------------------------------------------------------------> > 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/>-------------------------------------------------------------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/
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On Wed, 12 Nov 2003, Rajeev Kumar wrote:> if you want to force grep to be case insensitive. you have to do case 2 like> this:>> [Grep search=([Kk][Ii][Mm])&replace= color="red">[uppercase]KIM[/uppercase]]kIm is a good dog always in> the theater[/grep]
>>> [Kk] will look for either a "K" or a "k" (or any other letter specifiedyea, that worked... just doing it....> inside the []'s).> Adding a dash in the middle, [K-k], treats it as a range between K to k.> Though im not sure why "hea" was selected.because the range from K (ascii 75) to k (ascii 107) contains h (ascii104), e (101) and a (97) - i shuld've figured it out sooner.....thanks Rajeev...>>>> ----- Original Message -----> From: "Kalin Mintchev" > To: "WebDNA Talk" > Sent: Wednesday, November 12, 2003 2:18 PM> Subject: Re: Grep Question - MAY NEVER BE SOLVED>>> >> > ok... after a few experiments i get weird stuff happaning...> >> > case 1:> >> > [Grep search=kim&replace= > color="red">[uppercase]KIM[/uppercase]]kim is a good dog always in> > the theater[/grep]
> >> > this one produces: KIM is a good dog always in the theater - which is> > correct...> >> > csase 2:> >> > [Grep search=([K-k][I-i][M-m])&replace= > color="red">[uppercase]KIM[/uppercase]]kim is a good dog always in> > the theater[/grep]
> >> > produces: KIM is a good dog always in the tKIMter - huuuuu?!> >> > i'm trying to use case 2 to force grep to be case insensitive... note that> > if i use "kIM is a... " in case 2 i get the same result...> >> > i'd expect both versions to produce result 1.> >> > considering that theater doesn't have ANY of the 3 characters (k,i,m)> > why this grep is messing up theater => tKIMter - what's with the 'hea'> > string that has to do with KIM?> >> > is that only here or somebody can explain?> >> > i'd really appreciate some help on this...> >> > this is on RH linux and is webcat 4.5... (don't have 5)....> >> >> > thanks....> >> >> > On Wed, 12 Nov 2003, Kenneth Grome wrote:> >> > > >hi all,> > > >> > > >i was just wondering if anybody out there sees my posts....> > > >> > > >the last 3 - 4 times - including the one below - i'm getting my post> back> > > >from the list - normally - but nobody responds and from time to time> i'm> > > >getting those WARNING messages from the smithmicro server that messages> to> > > >my email have been bounced. i don't have any problems recieaving mail> and> > > >i get to see everybody else's posts....> > > >> > > >i'll appreciate if somebody replys to this post so i know that i'm not> > > >shooting in the dark...> > >> > >> > >> > > I saw your post but I have no answer for you ... and I'll tell you why:> > >> > > SMSI has never documented their version of grep, nor have they ever> > > helped us to find the *proper* documentation for the unique version> > > of grep they licensed for use in webdna. Therefore, we have no way> > > of knowing what is the proper syntax for using webdna's grep> > > effectively.> > >> > > I can use any properly documented version of grep reliably and> > > effectively all day long, but as soon as I try to use the same> > > expression in webdna's undocumented grep it will fail. So obviously> > > we need documentation of webdna's grep ...> > >> > > Where is it SMSI?> > >> > > Will you *ever* document webdna's grep?> > >> > > If not, when will you give us the name of the entity you licensed it> > > from ... so we can try to get the proper documentation ourselves?> > >> > > :(> > >> >> >> > -------------------------------------------------------------> > 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/>-------------------------------------------------------------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/
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