Re: Grep and Special Characters
This WebDNA talk-list message is from 2002
It keeps the original formatting.
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texte = Try URLing the entire search and replace parameters - the equals signs could be causing problems as well...[grep search=[url]blah blah blah[/url]&replace=[url]blah blah blah[/url]]- brianAt 2:30 PM 8/14/02, Jason Tyler wrote: >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=href=redirectMgr.tpl?__sku=[sku][url]&[/url]__dest=\1 >target=_new>\2]test >link foo[/Grep] > >Results in the following: > >2 > >Remove the & from the above replace statement and this is the result: > >target=_new>test link foo > >With a raw tag in place of the url tag I get the following: > > >Thanks for the help, as always it's greatly appreciated. > >Jason Tyler > >On Wednesday, August 14, 2002, at 02:00 PM, Brian Fries wrote: > >>[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/ ------------------------------------------------------------- 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/
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Try URLing the entire search and replace parameters - the equals signs could be causing problems as well...[grep search=[url]blah blah blah[/url]&replace=[url]blah blah blah[/url]]- brianAt 2:30 PM 8/14/02, Jason Tyler wrote: >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=href=redirectMgr.tpl?__sku=[sku][url]&[/url]__dest=\1 >target=_new>\2]test >link foo[/Grep] > >Results in the following: > >2 > >Remove the & from the above replace statement and this is the result: > >target=_new>test link foo > >With a raw tag in place of the url tag I get the following: > > >Thanks for the help, as always it's greatly appreciated. > >Jason Tyler > >On Wednesday, August 14, 2002, at 02:00 PM, Brian Fries wrote: > >>[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/ ------------------------------------------------------------- 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/
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