Re: [WebDNA] Grep everything and replace with asterisks?
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texte = You asked for elegance, looks pretty elegant to me... Glad I could help Dan Strong wrote: > 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 AM > To: > 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 >> > --------------------------------------------------------- > 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 -- ------------------------------------------- Marc Thompson Software Engineer Media Solutions University Information Technology University of Utah 801.585.9264 marc.thompson@utah.edu -------------------------------------------
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You asked for elegance, looks pretty elegant to me... Glad I could help Dan Strong wrote: > 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 AM > To: > 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 >> > --------------------------------------------------------- > 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 -- ------------------------------------------- Marc Thompson Software Engineer Media Solutions University Information Technology University of Utah 801.585.9264 marc.thompson@utah.edu -------------------------------------------
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