Re: Grep and <>

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2005


It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 61189
interpreted = N
texte = Larry Goodhew wrote: > Hello all, > > I am trying to use grep for the first time and running into a problem with the > characters '<' and '>'. I can't seem to find any documentation on how to > specify that I want to find them along with a 'p'. I looked up regular > expressions and none of the online resources list these two characters as > metacharacters. > > I did find a resource that said that \< and \> are start of word and end of > word respectively in GNU grep and GNU emacs. I did verify that they have this > functionality in WebDNA's version of grep. > > I wish to match things like '

' and replace with '

' but when I > try to match even just ' unknown, (to me), metacharacter. I can't seem to find any documentation to > tell me how to go about this. > > Thanks, > > Larry Goodhew Hey Larry, mind posting the code that you are trying? Donovan -- =o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o DONOVAN D. BROOKE Eucalyptus Design <-Web Development (specializing in eCommerce), -> <- Graphic Design, Custom Tags and Labels -> ADDRESS:> Donovan Brooke DBA Eucalyptus Design N2862 Summerville Park Rd. Lodi, WI 53555 PH:> 1.608.592.3567 Web:> http://www.euca.us =o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o ------------------------------------------------------------- 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 and <> ( Grant Hulbert 2005)
  2. Re: Grep and <> ( Rob Marquardt 2005)
  3. Re: Grep and <> ( "Larry Goodhew" 2005)
  4. Re: Grep and <> ( "Larry Goodhew" 2005)
  5. Re: Grep and <> ( Rob Marquardt 2005)
  6. Re: Grep and <> ( Donovan Brooke 2005)
  7. Grep and <> ( "Larry Goodhew" 2005)
Larry Goodhew wrote: > Hello all, > > I am trying to use grep for the first time and running into a problem with the > characters '<' and '>'. I can't seem to find any documentation on how to > specify that I want to find them along with a 'p'. I looked up regular > expressions and none of the online resources list these two characters as > metacharacters. > > I did find a resource that said that \< and \> are start of word and end of > word respectively in GNU grep and GNU emacs. I did verify that they have this > functionality in WebDNA's version of grep. > > I wish to match things like '

' and replace with '

' but when I > try to match even just ' unknown, (to me), metacharacter. I can't seem to find any documentation to > tell me how to go about this. > > Thanks, > > Larry Goodhew Hey Larry, mind posting the code that you are trying? Donovan -- =o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o DONOVAN D. BROOKE Eucalyptus Design <-Web Development (specializing in eCommerce), -> <- Graphic Design, Custom Tags and Labels -> ADDRESS:> Donovan Brooke DBA Eucalyptus Design N2862 Summerville Park Rd. Lodi, WI 53555 PH:> 1.608.592.3567 Web:> http://www.euca.us =o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o ------------------------------------------------------------- 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/ Donovan Brooke

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