Re: [WebDNA] Grep everything and replace with asterisks?
This WebDNA talk-list message is from 2010
It keeps the original formatting.
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texte = This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_00BA_01CAC9B3.38C405A0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Oh, and I also know I can explicitly tell grep what to find: [grep search=3D[!@#$%^&*()-?|/\]&replace=3D*]h4tdb!@6889gfd[/grep] but that seems like overkill... I am just looking for the most elegant = solution here. -Dan From: Dan Strong=20 Sent: Monday, March 22, 2010 11:26 AM To: talk@webdna.us=20 Subject: [WebDNA] Grep everything and replace with asterisks? I want to take a string and replace everything in it with asterisks. = None of these work: [grep search=3D[*]&replace=3D*]h4tdb!@6889gfd[/grep] [grep search=3D[ ]&replace=3D*]h4tdb!@6889gfd[/grep] [grep search=3D[url][ ][/url]&replace=3D*]h4tdb!@6889gfd[/grep] I know how to do a grep that replaces all letters and numbers, but what = about other symbols and such (@, etc.)? I suppose I could do a [countchars] on the input then replace with that = many asterisks, but it just seems like this is exactly the kind of job = that grep is for. Not terribly important, but now I'm curious how it can be done. Thanks, -Dan ------=_NextPart_000_00BA_01CAC9B3.38C405A0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Oh, and I also know I can explicitly = tell grep what=20 to find:
[grep=20 search=3D[!@#$%^&*()-?|/\]&replace=3D*]h4tdb!@6889gfd[/grep]
but that seems like overkill... I am = just looking=20 for the most elegant solution here.
-Dan
Sent: Monday, March 22, 2010 11:26 AM
Subject: [WebDNA] Grep everything and replace with=20 asterisks?
I want to take a string and replace = everything in=20 it with asterisks. None of these work:
[grep=20 search=3D[*]&replace=3D*]h4tdb!@6889gfd[/grep]
[grep search=3D[=20 ]&replace=3D*]h4tdb!@6889gfd[/grep]
[grep search=3D[url][=20 ][/url]&replace=3D*]h4tdb!@6889gfd[/grep]
I know how to do a grep that replaces = all letters=20 and numbers, but what about other symbols and such (@, = etc.)?
I suppose I could do a [countchars] on = the input=20 then replace with that many asterisks, but it just seems like this is = exactly=20 the kind of job that grep is for.
Not terribly important, but now I'm = curious how it=20 can be done.
Thanks,
-Dan
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This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_00BA_01CAC9B3.38C405A0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Oh, and I also know I can explicitly tell grep what to find: [grep search=3D[!@#$%^&*()-?|/\]&replace=3D*]h4tdb!@6889gfd[/grep] but that seems like overkill... I am just looking for the most elegant = solution here. -Dan From: Dan Strong=20 Sent: Monday, March 22, 2010 11:26 AM To: talk@webdna.us=20 Subject: [WebDNA] Grep everything and replace with asterisks? I want to take a string and replace everything in it with asterisks. = None of these work: [grep search=3D[*]&replace=3D*]h4tdb!@6889gfd[/grep] [grep search=3D[ ]&replace=3D*]h4tdb!@6889gfd[/grep] [grep search=3D
[url][ ][/url]&replace=3D*]h4tdb!@6889gfd[/grep] I know how to do a grep that replaces all letters and numbers, but what = about other symbols and such (@, etc.)? I suppose I could do a
[countchars] on the input then replace with that = many asterisks, but it just seems like this is exactly the kind of job = that grep is for. Not terribly important, but now I'm curious how it can be done. Thanks, -Dan ------=_NextPart_000_00BA_01CAC9B3.38C405A0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Oh, and I also know I can explicitly = tell grep what=20 to find:
[grep=20 search=3D[!@#$%^&*()-?|/\]&replace=3D*]h4tdb!@6889gfd[/grep]
but that seems like overkill... I am = just looking=20 for the most elegant solution here.
-Dan
Sent: Monday, March 22, 2010 11:26 AM
Subject: [WebDNA] Grep everything and replace with=20 asterisks?
I want to take a string and replace = everything in=20 it with asterisks. None of these work:
[grep=20 search=3D[*]&replace=3D*]h4tdb!@6889gfd[/grep]
[grep search=3D[=20 ]&replace=3D*]h4tdb!@6889gfd[/grep]
[grep search=3D[url][=20 ][/url]&replace=3D*]h4tdb!@6889gfd[/grep]
I know how to do a grep that replaces = all letters=20 and numbers, but what about other symbols and such (@, = etc.)?
I suppose I could do a [countchars] on = the input=20 then replace with that many asterisks, but it just seems like this is = exactly=20 the kind of job that grep is for.
Not terribly important, but now I'm = curious how it=20 can be done.
Thanks,
-Dan
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"Dan Strong"
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