Re: Grep and removing text

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2002


It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 45194
interpreted = N
texte = >Ok, I have tried about every variation of code I could come up with and >found no solution. > >I have a text like: > >This is a sunny day --some_thing_here-- how do you, like it? > >Now with grep I want to remove the --some_thing_here--. > >Thus using: > >[grep search=--[a-zA-Z0-9]+--&replace=] the text above [/grep] > >Shouldn¹t this be the best way? I am really confused about this, since we >have used Grep a lot of times and it always worked.Try wildcard:[grep search=--.+--&replace=]. will match any character except line break-- ************************************************************* Christer Olsson PO Box 9160 Phone +46 40 25 85 85 Ljusa Idéer AB SE-200 39 Malmoe Fax +46 40 25 85 89 Kantyxegatan 5 Sweden http://www.ljusaideer.se------------------------------------------------------------- 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 and removing text (Nitai @ ComputerOil 2002)
  2. Re: Grep and removing text (Brian Fries 2002)
  3. Re: Grep and removing text (devaulw@onebox.com 2002)
  4. Re: Grep and removing text (Nitai @ ComputerOil 2002)
  5. Re: Grep and removing text (Christer Olsson 2002)
  6. Re: Grep and removing text (Nitai @ ComputerOil 2002)
  7. Re: Grep and removing text (Frank Nordberg 2002)
  8. Re: Grep and removing text (Nitai @ ComputerOil 2002)
  9. Re: Grep and removing text (Christer Olsson 2002)
  10. Re: Grep and removing text (Frank Nordberg 2002)
  11. Re: Grep and removing text (Frank Nordberg 2002)
  12. Re: Grep and removing text (Nitai @ ComputerOil 2002)
  13. Re: Grep and removing text (Christer Olsson 2002)
  14. Re: Grep and removing text (Kenneth Grome 2002)
  15. Grep and removing text (Nitai @ ComputerOil 2002)
>Ok, I have tried about every variation of code I could come up with and >found no solution. > >I have a text like: > >This is a sunny day --some_thing_here-- how do you, like it? > >Now with grep I want to remove the --some_thing_here--. > >Thus using: > >[grep search=--[a-zA-Z0-9]+--&replace=] the text above [/grep] > >Shouldn¹t this be the best way? I am really confused about this, since we >have used Grep a lot of times and it always worked.Try wildcard:[grep search=--.+--&replace=]. will match any character except line break-- ************************************************************* Christer Olsson PO Box 9160 Phone +46 40 25 85 85 Ljusa Idéer AB SE-200 39 Malmoe Fax +46 40 25 85 89 Kantyxegatan 5 Sweden http://www.ljusaideer.se------------------------------------------------------------- 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/ Christer Olsson

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