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