Re: Grep and removing text

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2002


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texte = On 13.11.2002 2:31 PM, Christer Olsson wrote:>> 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] >> >> Shouldnšt 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 breakNope did not do it either:-(Just to see if it works I tried [grep search=--some_thing_here--&replace=] and that DOES work.Sincerely Nitai Aventaggiato CEO-- Tools to energize your business Content Management & eBusiness SystemsComputerOil GmbH http://computeroil.com/ Hauptstrasse 12 info@computeroil.com 8252 Schlatt/Switzerland Tel: +41 (0)52 654 15 55 Fax: +41 (0)52 654 15 59 ------------------------------------------------------------- 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:

    
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On 13.11.2002 2:31 PM, Christer Olsson wrote:>> 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] >> >> Shouldnšt 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 breakNope did not do it either:-(Just to see if it works I tried [grep search=--some_thing_here--&replace=] and that DOES work.Sincerely Nitai Aventaggiato CEO-- Tools to energize your business Content Management & eBusiness SystemsComputerOil GmbH http://computeroil.com/ Hauptstrasse 12 info@computeroil.com 8252 Schlatt/Switzerland Tel: +41 (0)52 654 15 55 Fax: +41 (0)52 654 15 59 ------------------------------------------------------------- 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/ Nitai @ ComputerOil

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