Re: Grepping to remove text & code
This WebDNA talk-list message is from 2004
It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 55803
interpreted = N
texte = I'm not exactly clear on what you want to do. Do you have a pattern like "ABCD DCBA ABCD" that you want to change to "ABCD DCBA XXXX", i.e. change one but not both ABCDs? If so, try searching for (ABCD.*)(ABCD) and replacing with \1XXXX. This matches the pattern and lets you re-use the part you want to keep with the first parantheses being replicated by a \1 and change the part that you don't by not using a \2. If I'm misunderstanding you, can you give before and after code snippets so I can try to approximate the grep more closely? Thanks, Bill -----Original Message----- From: Gary Krockover
Sent: Fri, 30 Jan 2004 12:18:10 -0600 To: (WebDNA Talk) Subject: Grepping to remove text & code Hi all, Can I use a [grep] to strip all characters up to a point, leaving others intact, such as: [quote]Originally posted by: gjk:
(leave this alone) and a bunch of other code.... (strip all of this) The rest of the code/text (leave this alone) This opening table will always be the start of the strip: and that comment will always be the end: What's in between is the same table but with different values, so a super large converwords won't work here. If it helps, I can add some unique character or combination at the start/end of the strip.... Any hope? GK ------------------------------------------------------------- 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://webdna.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://webdna.smithmicro.com/
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I'm not exactly clear on what you want to do. Do you have a pattern like "ABCD DCBA ABCD" that you want to change to "ABCD DCBA XXXX", i.e. change one but not both ABCDs? If so, try searching for (ABCD.*)(ABCD) and replacing with \1XXXX. This matches the pattern and lets you re-use the part you want to keep with the first parantheses being replicated by a \1 and change the part that you don't by not using a \2. If I'm misunderstanding you, can you give before and after code snippets so I can try to approximate the grep more closely? Thanks, Bill -----Original Message----- From: Gary Krockover Sent: Fri, 30 Jan 2004 12:18:10 -0600 To: (WebDNA Talk) Subject: Grepping to remove text & code Hi all, Can I use a [grep] to strip all characters up to a point, leaving others intact, such as: [quote]Originally posted by: gjk:
(leave this alone) and a bunch of other code.... (strip all of this) The rest of the code/text (leave this alone) This opening table will always be the start of the strip: