Re: Grep and Special Characters

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2002


It keeps the original formatting.
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texte = 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 TylerOn 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/ Associated Messages, from the most recent to the oldest:

    
  1. Re: Grep and Special Characters (Jason Tyler 2002)
  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)
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 TylerOn 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/ Jason Tyler

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