Re: [WebDNA] Grep everything and replace with asterisks?

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2010


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texte = Enough is enough, I am writing a letter of complaint to the CEO of grep :-) Thanks for the nudge in the right direction, guys. Obviously my grep-fu is weak and my google-fu is weaker. -Dan -------------------------------------------------- From: "Bob Minor" Sent: Monday, March 22, 2010 12:50 PM To: Subject: Re: [WebDNA] Grep everything and replace with asterisks? > Actually this is pretty standard grep, to grep a period one would normally > have to \. to escape the . and actually look for a period > > On Mar 22, 2010, at 1:44 PM, Dan Strong wrote: > >> Works, but wow is that counter-intuitive or what? I would see that and >> think that it literally is looking for periods to replace... ah the >> wonders of [grep]. Thanks, Marc. >> >> -Dan >> >> -------------------------------------------------- >> From: "Marc Thompson" >> Sent: Monday, March 22, 2010 11:39 AM >> To: >> Subject: Re: [WebDNA] Grep everything and replace with asterisks? >> >>> [grep search=.&replace=*]h4tdb!@6889gfd[/grep] >>> >>> Dan Strong wrote: >>>> I want to take a string and replace everything in it with asterisks. >>>> None of these work: >>>> >>>> [grep search=[*]&replace=*]h4tdb!@6889gfd[/grep] >>>> [grep search=[ ]&replace=*]h4tdb!@6889gfd[/grep] >>>> [grep search=[url][ ][/url]&replace=*]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 >>> >>> -- >>> ------------------------------------------- >>> Marc Thompson >>> Software Engineer >>> Media Solutions >>> University Information Technology >>> University of Utah >>> 801.585.9264 >>> marc.thompson@utah.edu >>> ------------------------------------------- >>> --------------------------------------------------------- >>> This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to >>> the mailing list . >>> To unsubscribe, E-mail to: >>> archives: http://mail.webdna.us/list/talk@webdna.us >>> old archives: http://dev.webdna.us/TalkListArchive/ >>> Bug Reporting: >>> http://forum.webdna.us/eucabb.html?page=topics&category=288 >> --------------------------------------------------------- >> This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to >> the mailing list . >> To unsubscribe, E-mail to: >> archives: http://mail.webdna.us/list/talk@webdna.us >> old archives: http://dev.webdna.us/TalkListArchive/ >> Bug Reporting: >> http://forum.webdna.us/eucabb.html?page=topics&category=288 > > Associated Messages, from the most recent to the oldest:

    
  1. Re: [WebDNA] Grep everything and replace with asterisks? ("Terry Wilson" 2010)
  2. Re: [WebDNA] Grep everything and replace with asterisks? (Govinda 2010)
  3. Re: [WebDNA] Grep everything and replace with asterisks? ("Dan Strong" 2010)
  4. Re: [WebDNA] Grep everything and replace with asterisks? (Bob Minor 2010)
  5. Re: [WebDNA] Grep everything and replace with asterisks? ("Dan Strong" 2010)
  6. Re: [WebDNA] Grep everything and replace with asterisks? (Marc Thompson 2010)
  7. Re: [WebDNA] Grep everything and replace with asterisks? ("Dan Strong" 2010)
  8. Re: [WebDNA] Grep everything and replace with asterisks? (Marc Thompson 2010)
  9. Re: [WebDNA] Grep everything and replace with asterisks? ("Dan Strong" 2010)
  10. [WebDNA] Grep everything and replace with asterisks? ("Dan Strong" 2010)
Enough is enough, I am writing a letter of complaint to the CEO of grep :-) Thanks for the nudge in the right direction, guys. Obviously my grep-fu is weak and my google-fu is weaker. -Dan -------------------------------------------------- From: "Bob Minor" Sent: Monday, March 22, 2010 12:50 PM To: Subject: Re: [WebDNA] Grep everything and replace with asterisks? > Actually this is pretty standard grep, to grep a period one would normally > have to \. to escape the . and actually look for a period > > On Mar 22, 2010, at 1:44 PM, Dan Strong wrote: > >> Works, but wow is that counter-intuitive or what? I would see that and >> think that it literally is looking for periods to replace... ah the >> wonders of [grep]. Thanks, Marc. >> >> -Dan >> >> -------------------------------------------------- >> From: "Marc Thompson" >> Sent: Monday, March 22, 2010 11:39 AM >> To: >> Subject: Re: [WebDNA] Grep everything and replace with asterisks? >> >>> [grep search=.&replace=*]h4tdb!@6889gfd[/grep] >>> >>> Dan Strong wrote: >>>> I want to take a string and replace everything in it with asterisks. >>>> None of these work: >>>> >>>> [grep search=[*]&replace=*]h4tdb!@6889gfd[/grep] >>>> [grep search=[ ]&replace=*]h4tdb!@6889gfd[/grep] >>>> [grep search=[url][ ][/url]&replace=*]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 >>> >>> -- >>> ------------------------------------------- >>> Marc Thompson >>> Software Engineer >>> Media Solutions >>> University Information Technology >>> University of Utah >>> 801.585.9264 >>> marc.thompson@utah.edu >>> ------------------------------------------- >>> --------------------------------------------------------- >>> This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to >>> the mailing list . >>> To unsubscribe, E-mail to: >>> archives: http://mail.webdna.us/list/talk@webdna.us >>> old archives: http://dev.webdna.us/TalkListArchive/ >>> Bug Reporting: >>> http://forum.webdna.us/eucabb.html?page=topics&category=288 >> --------------------------------------------------------- >> This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to >> the mailing list . >> To unsubscribe, E-mail to: >> archives: http://mail.webdna.us/list/talk@webdna.us >> old archives: http://dev.webdna.us/TalkListArchive/ >> Bug Reporting: >> http://forum.webdna.us/eucabb.html?page=topics&category=288 > > "Dan Strong"

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