Re: Grep -- remove extra returns first

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2003


It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 52119
interpreted = N
texte = On 8/7/03 11:15 PM, "William DeVaul" wrote: > Mystring=asdfaf > Asdf > Aaa http://www.cnn.com ad > Asd > > Grepping mystring at the terminal for http://[^ ] will return only the line: > Aaa http://www.cnn.com ad > > Grepping mystring in Web Cat returns all of mystring plus or minus any > replacements. If grepped as above, Web Cat returns: > asdfaf > Asdf > Aaa http://www.cnn.com ad > Asd Ok, taking your example, try your grep on this test: Mystring=asdfaf Asdf Aaa http://www.cnn.com ad Asd http://www.cnn.com Adsadf Asd Asds http://www.cnn.com It will catch the first cnn.com but not the second or the third because they are followed by returns and not spaces. That's my problem. -- Jesse Williams-Proudman Blue Box Code () Custom Web Solutions +1.206.778.8777 () jesse@blueboxcode.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://webdna.smithmicro.com/ Associated Messages, from the most recent to the oldest:

    
  1. Re: Grep -- remove extra returns first ( William DeVaul 2003)
  2. Re: Grep -- remove extra returns first ( "Rajeev Kumar" 2003)
  3. Re: Grep -- remove extra returns first ( Jesse Williams-Proudman 2003)
  4. Re: Grep -- remove extra returns first ( "Rajeev Kumar" 2003)
  5. Re: Grep -- remove extra returns first ( Jesse Williams-Proudman 2003)
  6. Re: Grep -- remove extra returns first ( William DeVaul 2003)
  7. Re: Grep -- remove extra returns first ( Jesse Williams-Proudman 2003)
  8. Re: Grep -- remove extra returns first ( William DeVaul 2003)
On 8/7/03 11:15 PM, "William DeVaul" wrote: > Mystring=asdfaf > Asdf > Aaa http://www.cnn.com ad > Asd > > Grepping mystring at the terminal for http://[^ ] will return only the line: > Aaa http://www.cnn.com ad > > Grepping mystring in Web Cat returns all of mystring plus or minus any > replacements. If grepped as above, Web Cat returns: > asdfaf > Asdf > Aaa http://www.cnn.com ad > Asd Ok, taking your example, try your grep on this test: Mystring=asdfaf Asdf Aaa http://www.cnn.com ad Asd http://www.cnn.com Adsadf Asd Asds http://www.cnn.com It will catch the first cnn.com but not the second or the third because they are followed by returns and not spaces. That's my problem. -- Jesse Williams-Proudman Blue Box Code () Custom Web Solutions +1.206.778.8777 () jesse@blueboxcode.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://webdna.smithmicro.com/ Jesse Williams-Proudman

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