Re: Grep and Special Characters

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2002


It keeps the original formatting.
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texte = Weird, perhaps I have deeper problem.I'm able to get an & character using url, but it breaks the rest of my replace.For example:[Grep search=(.*)&replace=\2]test link foo[/Grep]Results in the following:2Remove the & from the above replace statement and this is the result:test link fooWith a raw tag in place of the url tag I get the following: [grep search=and&replace=[url]&[/url]]bob and carol and ted and > alice[/grep] > > gives me > > bob & carol & ted & alice > > When in doubt, [url] > > - brian > > At 1:51 PM 8/14/02, Jason Tyler wrote: >> Thanks Marc, >> >> I actually need the opposite, where I'm putting an ampersand into the >> replace statement. I can see from my email where it could be >> confusing, sorry about that. >> >> This would be similar to the effect I'm trying to achieve: [Grep >> search=and&replace= %26] >> >> Thanks again, >> >> Jason Tyler >> >> On Wednesday, August 14, 2002, at 01:42 PM, Marc Kaiwi wrote: >> >>> This is how I'm doing it ... [Grep search=%26&replace=and] ... >>> someone on the list had answered this question for me once before. >>> >>> Good Luck! >>> >>> On Wednesday, August 14, 2002, at 10:20 AM, Jason Tyler wrote: >>> >>>> I have what I hope will be a quick question. >>>> >>>> I'm using the grep context to do a complex find a replace type >>>> operation that is working great, except I can't figure out how make >>>> it place an & character in the replace statement. I've tried >>>> escaping it per standard grep documentation which would be \&, but >>>> this doesn't work because WebCat sees this as another context >>>> option. So I tried several variations on this theme using the ascii >>>> value, the hex value and others on the same theme, but they all >>>> failed. >>>> >>>> So basically, how do I terminate an & character in a grep replace >>>> statement? >>>> >>>> Thank you, >>>> >>>> Jason Tyler >>> >>> Signed: Marc Kaiwi >>> San Diego Motorcycle Club: http://www.sdmotorcycleclub.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://search.smithmicro.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://search.smithmicro.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://search.smithmicro.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://search.smithmicro.com/ Associated Messages, from the most recent to the oldest:

    
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  2. Re: Grep and Special Characters (Brian Fries 2002)
  3. Re: Grep and Special Characters (Jason Tyler 2002)
  4. Re: Grep and Special Characters (Josh Lynn 2002)
  5. Re: Grep and Special Characters (Brian Fries 2002)
  6. Re: Grep and Special Characters (Jason Tyler 2002)
  7. Re: Grep and Special Characters (Marc Kaiwi 2002)
  8. Grep and Special Characters (Jason Tyler 2002)
Weird, perhaps I have deeper problem.I'm able to get an & character using url, but it breaks the rest of my replace.For example:[Grep search=(.*)&replace=[url]&[/url]__dest=\1 target=_new>\2]test link foo[/Grep]Results in the following:2Remove the & from the above replace statement and this is the result:test link fooWith a raw tag in place of the url tag I get the following: [grep search=and&replace=[url]&[/url]]bob and carol and ted and > alice[/grep] > > gives me > > bob & carol & ted & alice > > When in doubt, [url] > > - brian > > At 1:51 PM 8/14/02, Jason Tyler wrote: >> Thanks Marc, >> >> I actually need the opposite, where I'm putting an ampersand into the >> replace statement. I can see from my email where it could be >> confusing, sorry about that. >> >> This would be similar to the effect I'm trying to achieve: [Grep >> search=and&replace= %26] >> >> Thanks again, >> >> Jason Tyler >> >> On Wednesday, August 14, 2002, at 01:42 PM, Marc Kaiwi wrote: >> >>> This is how I'm doing it ... [Grep search=%26&replace=and] ... >>> someone on the list had answered this question for me once before. >>> >>> Good Luck! >>> >>> On Wednesday, August 14, 2002, at 10:20 AM, Jason Tyler wrote: >>> >>>> I have what I hope will be a quick question. >>>> >>>> I'm using the grep context to do a complex find a replace type >>>> operation that is working great, except I can't figure out how make >>>> it place an & character in the replace statement. I've tried >>>> escaping it per standard grep documentation which would be \&, but >>>> this doesn't work because WebCat sees this as another context >>>> option. So I tried several variations on this theme using the ascii >>>> value, the hex value and others on the same theme, but they all >>>> failed. >>>> >>>> So basically, how do I terminate an & character in a grep replace >>>> statement? >>>> >>>> Thank you, >>>> >>>> Jason Tyler >>> >>> Signed: Marc Kaiwi >>> San Diego Motorcycle Club: http://www.sdmotorcycleclub.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://search.smithmicro.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://search.smithmicro.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://search.smithmicro.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://search.smithmicro.com/ Jason Tyler

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