Re: Grep search not working

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2002


It keeps the original formatting.
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texte = Hi Rob,Thanks for that. It works.Grep is obviously pretty powerful. Is there a resource anywhere which can make sense of it for the grep novice?Regards, Tim -- Tim Robinson IDFK Web Developments tim@idfk.com.au 114a/40 Yeo Street Neutral Bay 2089 Australia Phone +612 9908 2134 Fax +612 9908 4837> From: Rob Marquardt > Reply-To: (WebCatalog Talk) > Date: Fri, 11 Oct 2002 02:02:48 > To: (WebCatalog Talk) > Subject: Re: Grep search not working > > on 10/10/02 9:13 PM, Tim Robinson at tim@idfk.com.au so noted... > >> Is [grep] case sensitive? When Raj changed >> to in the grep search, it worked. > > Yes, the search is case sensitive. Since WebDNA's [grep] doesn't allow you > to specify the search as being case-insensitive (it should, but it doesn't) > you can work around it. > > [Grep search=<[Ii][Tt][Ee][Mm]>&replace=§] > >> But we've now realised we can use convertwords to do exactly the same thing >> and can specify cap or non cap in case that was the problem. > > I ran some tests a year ago for a process that could be done with either > [grep] or [convertwords]. I was concerned that the number of grep searches I > had to string together would slow down the server. As it turned out, using > grep was 24 times *faster* than convertwords for the same task. > > > Rob Marquardt > Designer/Resident Wirehead > Toast Design > > 800 Washington Avenue North > Minneapolis MN 55401 > 612.330.9863 v > 612.321.9424 f > www.toastdesign.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://search.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://search.smithmicro.com/ Associated Messages, from the most recent to the oldest:

    
  1. Re: Grep search not working (Rob Marquardt 2002)
  2. Re: Grep search not working (Tim Robinson 2002)
  3. Re: Grep search not working (Alain Russell 2002)
  4. Re: Grep search not working (Rob Marquardt 2002)
  5. Re: Grep search not working (Andrew Simpson 2002)
  6. Re: Grep search not working (Tim Robinson 2002)
  7. Re: Grep search not working (Tim Robinson 2002)
  8. Re: Grep search not working (Andrew Simpson 2002)
  9. Grep search not working (Tim Robinson 2002)
Hi Rob,Thanks for that. It works.Grep is obviously pretty powerful. Is there a resource anywhere which can make sense of it for the grep novice?Regards, Tim -- Tim Robinson IDFK Web Developments tim@idfk.com.au 114a/40 Yeo Street Neutral Bay 2089 Australia Phone +612 9908 2134 Fax +612 9908 4837> From: Rob Marquardt > Reply-To: (WebCatalog Talk) > Date: Fri, 11 Oct 2002 02:02:48 > To: (WebCatalog Talk) > Subject: Re: Grep search not working > > on 10/10/02 9:13 PM, Tim Robinson at tim@idfk.com.au so noted... > >> Is [grep] case sensitive? When Raj changed >> to in the grep search, it worked. > > Yes, the search is case sensitive. Since WebDNA's [grep] doesn't allow you > to specify the search as being case-insensitive (it should, but it doesn't) > you can work around it. > > [Grep search=<[Ii][Tt][Ee][Mm]>&replace=§] > >> But we've now realised we can use convertwords to do exactly the same thing >> and can specify cap or non cap in case that was the problem. > > I ran some tests a year ago for a process that could be done with either > [grep] or [convertwords]. I was concerned that the number of grep searches I > had to string together would slow down the server. As it turned out, using > grep was 24 times *faster* than convertwords for the same task. > > > Rob Marquardt > Designer/Resident Wirehead > Toast Design > > 800 Washington Avenue North > Minneapolis MN 55401 > 612.330.9863 v > 612.321.9424 f > www.toastdesign.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://search.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://search.smithmicro.com/ Tim Robinson

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