Re: [WebDNA] Grep everything and replace with asterisks?
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It keeps the original formatting.
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texte = Works, but wow is that counter-intuitive or what? I would see that and think that it literally is looking for periods to replace... ah the wonders of [grep]. Thanks, Marc.-Dan--------------------------------------------------From: "Marc Thompson"
Sent: Monday, March 22, 2010 11:39 AMTo: Subject: Re: [WebDNA] Grep everything and replace with asterisks?> [grep search=.&replace=*]h4tdb!@6889gfd[/grep]>> Dan Strong wrote:>> I want to take a string and replace everything in it with asterisks.>> None of these work:>>>> [grep search=[*]&replace=*]h4tdb!@6889gfd[/grep]>> [grep search=[ ]&replace=*]h4tdb!@6889gfd[/grep]>> [grep search=[url][ ][/url]&replace=*]h4tdb!@6889gfd[/grep]>>>> I know how to do a grep that replaces all letters and numbers, but what>> about other symbols and such (@, etc.)?>>>> I suppose I could do a [countchars] on the input then replace with that>> many asterisks, but it just seems like this is exactly the kind of job>> that grep is for.>>>> Not terribly important, but now I'm curious how it can be done.>>>> Thanks,>> -Dan>> -- > -------------------------------------------> Marc Thompson> Software Engineer> Media Solutions> University 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: > archives: http://mail.webdna.us/list/talk@webdna.us> old archives: http://dev.webdna.us/TalkListArchive/> Bug Reporting: http://forum.webdna.us/eucabb.html?page=topics&category=288>
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Works, but wow is that counter-intuitive or what? I would see that and think that it literally is looking for periods to replace... ah the wonders of [grep]. Thanks, Marc.-Dan--------------------------------------------------From: "Marc Thompson" Sent: Monday, March 22, 2010 11:39 AMTo: Subject: Re: [WebDNA] Grep everything and replace with asterisks?> [grep search=.&replace=*]h4tdb!@6889gfd[/grep]>> Dan Strong wrote:>> I want to take a string and replace everything in it with asterisks.>> None of these work:>>>> [grep search=[*]&replace=*]h4tdb!@6889gfd[/grep]>> [grep search=[ ]&replace=*]h4tdb!@6889gfd[/grep]>> [grep search=[url][ ][/url]&replace=*]h4tdb!@6889gfd[/grep]>>>> I know how to do a grep that replaces all letters and numbers, but what>> about other symbols and such (@, etc.)?>>>> I suppose I could do a [countchars] on the input then replace with that>> many asterisks, but it just seems like this is exactly the kind of job>> that grep is for.>>>> Not terribly important, but now I'm curious how it can be done.>>>> Thanks,>> -Dan>> -- > -------------------------------------------> Marc Thompson> Software Engineer> Media Solutions> University 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: > archives: http://mail.webdna.us/list/talk@webdna.us> old archives: http://dev.webdna.us/TalkListArchive/> Bug Reporting: http://forum.webdna.us/eucabb.html?page=topics&category=288>
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