quick GREP question

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2001


It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 39475
interpreted = N
texte = I know jack about grep, though I'm planning to learn it. I *think* it's what I want to use in this situation, but I'm open to any other options, too.I have to format some stories with WebCat and export them to a text file, and I need to cut some HTML tags and their contents out of stories if they are present.The story bodies are stored as text files by a unique story ID (as [articleID].txt), but all the meta info (author, articleID, etc.) is stored in a WebCat db, and I'm pulling the story in via [include]. The bulk of the WebDNA on the page looks functionally like this:[search for stories] [founditems] [writefile file=...] some header info blah blah blah[grep search=????&replace=] [include file=path/to/[articleID].txt] [/grep][/writefile]story: [articleID] was exported.
[/founditems] [/search] How would I strip the following from a story:Anything between (and including the div tag):
I basically need (assuming [grep] is the best way to do this) the grep search for ???? in my [grep] context above.I'm open to other ways of doing this, but [convertWords] doesn't seem to have a wild character scheme to use. Thanks!Steven -- Steven Jarvis Web Developer The Morning News NWAonline.net ------------------------------------------------------------- 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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I know jack about grep, though I'm planning to learn it. I *think* it's what I want to use in this situation, but I'm open to any other options, too.I have to format some stories with WebCat and export them to a text file, and I need to cut some HTML tags and their contents out of stories if they are present.The story bodies are stored as text files by a unique story ID (as [articleID].txt), but all the meta info (author, articleID, etc.) is stored in a WebCat db, and I'm pulling the story in via [include]. The bulk of the WebDNA on the page looks functionally like this:[search for stories] [founditems] [writefile file=...] some header info blah blah blah[grep search=????&replace=] [include file=path/to/[articleID].txt] [/grep][/writefile]story: [articleID] was exported.
[/founditems] [/search] How would I strip the following from a story:Anything between (and including the div tag):
I basically need (assuming [grep] is the best way to do this) the grep search for ???? in my [grep] context above.I'm open to other ways of doing this, but [convertwords] doesn't seem to have a wild character scheme to use. Thanks!Steven -- Steven Jarvis Web Developer The Morning News NWAonline.net ------------------------------------------------------------- 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/ Steven Jarvis

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