Re: grep question - removing spaces

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2005


It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 61860
interpreted = N
texte = Thank you Marc and Bill, I will try your sugegstions shortly. From looking atyour suggestions, I bet they will work far better for me that what I was doing. Thanks! Dale ----- Original Message Follows ----- From: Marc Thompson To: "WebDNA Talk" Subject: Re: grep question - removing spaces Date: Tue, 26 Apr 2005 10:57:20 -0600 > I've also found that sometimes I need to grep > consecutively, not trying to get everything out with a > single statement. This grep removes space characters for > me: [Grep search= &replace=][/grep] > > Marc > > devaulw@onebox.com wrote: > > > I don't see anything clearly wrong, but I'd try it > > without the backslashes. > > Bill > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Dale's eLists > > Sent: Tue, 26 Apr 2005 10:44:35 -0500 > > To: "WebDNA Talk" > > Subject: grep > > question - removing spaces > > Hello, > > > > I have a grep statement where I am wanting to only allow > > letters, numbers, dashes and underscores. No spaces or > > other special charactors (this will eventually be used > > as a username for email addresses). > > > > Using: > > > > [text show=t]ScreenName=[grep > > > > > > > search=[^0-9a-zA-Z\-\_]&replace=][nickname][/grep][/text] > if there is an embedded space, it does not get removed. > > What have I done wrong with this? > > > > Thank you! > > > ------------------------------------------- > Marc Thompson > Software Engineer > Office of Information Technology > University of Utah > 801.585.9264 > marc.thompson@utah.edu > ------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------- 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:

    
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Thank you Marc and Bill, I will try your sugegstions shortly. From looking atyour suggestions, I bet they will work far better for me that what I was doing. Thanks! Dale ----- Original Message Follows ----- From: Marc Thompson To: "WebDNA Talk" Subject: Re: grep question - removing spaces Date: Tue, 26 Apr 2005 10:57:20 -0600 > I've also found that sometimes I need to grep > consecutively, not trying to get everything out with a > single statement. This grep removes space characters for > me: [Grep search= &replace=][/grep] > > Marc > > devaulw@onebox.com wrote: > > > I don't see anything clearly wrong, but I'd try it > > without the backslashes. > > Bill > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Dale's eLists > > Sent: Tue, 26 Apr 2005 10:44:35 -0500 > > To: "WebDNA Talk" > > Subject: grep > > question - removing spaces > > Hello, > > > > I have a grep statement where I am wanting to only allow > > letters, numbers, dashes and underscores. No spaces or > > other special charactors (this will eventually be used > > as a username for email addresses). > > > > Using: > > > > [text show=t]ScreenName=[grep > > > > > > > search=[^0-9a-zA-Z\-\_]&replace=][nickname][/grep][/text] > if there is an embedded space, it does not get removed. > > What have I done wrong with this? > > > > Thank you! > > > ------------------------------------------- > Marc Thompson > Software Engineer > Office of Information Technology > University of Utah > 801.585.9264 > marc.thompson@utah.edu > ------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------- 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/ "Dale's eLists"

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