Re: Grep and Special Characters

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2002


It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 42532
interpreted = N
texte = 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 TylerSigned: 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/ Associated Messages, from the most recent to the oldest:

    
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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 TylerSigned: 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/ Marc Kaiwi

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