Re: [CentOS] [OT] Grep Patterns

Hi Les, White space could be a tab. '[[:space:]]CP_' should work, but why not use sed and be done with it. ah, worked!. I was thinking way to much into this. I thought that I had to ignore what I didn't want, but in thie case what I dont want does not have a space so it would not show up

[CentOS] [OT] Grep Patterns

Hi All, One of the text editors I use offers one to specify a grep pattern to do a multi-file search and I am not wrapping my head around proper RE patterns to accomplish using this. There are so many rules! Can anyone help with a specific example so I can try to understand better? How

Re: [CentOS] [OT] Grep Patterns

How would I write I want to find 'CP_', but NOT instances of 'CPLAT::CP_'? What comes before 'CP_' when you want a match? Whitespace, other chars, is it just 'CPLAT::CP_' you don't want? Anchor the search on that criteria, like a negated group before the 'CP_' or at least one of 'whitespace' for

Re: [CentOS] [OT] Grep Patterns

Hi, How would I write I want to find 'CP_', but NOT instances of 'CPLAT::CP_'? What comes before 'CP_' when you want a match? Whitespace, other chars, is it just 'CPLAT::CP_' you don't want? Yes whitespace always. So what I am doing is a massive replace. So this grep will allow me to see how

Re: [CentOS] [OT] Grep Patterns

Yes whitespace always. [r...@dev ~]# echo CP_ | egrep -e \ CP_ CP_ [r...@dev ~]# echo CPLAT::CP_ | egrep -e \ CP_ [r...@dev ~]# So what I am doing is a massive replace. So this grep will allow me to see how many instances still need to be replaced. I am replacing CP_ with CPLAT::CP_ and when

Re: [CentOS] [OT] Grep Patterns

On Wed, Apr 07, 2010 at 04:04:53PM -0700, Slack-Moehrle wrote: Yes whitespace always. [..] I am replacing CP_ with CPLAT::CP_ and when i execute the grep I want Well, be clear. Are you replace CP_ or CP_. If the latter then it's a LOT easier; just search for CP_ (grep ' CP_'). If the

Re: [CentOS] [OT] Grep Patterns

Joseph L. Casale wrote: Yes whitespace always. [r...@dev ~]# echo CP_ | egrep -e \ CP_ CP_ [r...@dev ~]# echo CPLAT::CP_ | egrep -e \ CP_ [r...@dev ~]# So what I am doing is a massive replace. So this grep will allow me to see how many instances still need to be replaced. I am

Re: [CentOS] [OT] Grep Patterns

White space could be a tab. '[[:space:]]CP_' should work, but why not use sed and be done with it. Yup, you got me on that oversight:) What app are you using Jason? ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org