On Feb 5, 7:11 am, zavi...@gmail.com (zavierz) wrote:
> Hi, I am trying to modify a LaTex file which is plain text.
> The file contains lines similar to the following, but each line is
> followed by text, so that:
>
> Article 1 Cats
> Article 2 Dogs
> Article 3 Fish
> Article 4 Ferrets
>
> etc.
>
> I would like to modify the file so that each referenced line is
> changed as follows:
>
> \subsection*{Article 1 Cats}
> \subsection*{Article 2 Dogs}
> \subsection*{Article 3 Fish}
> \subsection*{Article 4 Ferrets}
>
> Here's code which was suggested to me, but when I execute it I'm
> returned to the command line and nothing happens:
>
> #!/usr/bin/perl
> s/^(Article\s+[0-9]+\s+\N*\S)/\\subsection*{$1}/gm
^^^
s/^(Article\s+[0-9]+\s+\N*)/\\subsection*{$1}/gm"
I believe the problem is the extraneous \S. The regex
should be:
either: ^(Article\s+[0-9]+\s+\N*)
or: ^(Article\s+[0-9]+\s+\S*)
BTW, \N is a newer regex experimental escape.
>From perldoc perlre:
\N Any character but \n (experimental)
> ...
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