Try: s/\s+\(locked\)//
The parens are meta-symbols in regexes and need to be escaped if you want to match them. The above will additionally make sure that the blanks before (locked) are also removed. HTH, Marcus | -----Original Message----- | From: David Samuelsson (PAC) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] | Sent: Tuesday, January 22, 2002 10:37 AM | To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' | Subject: regular expression help | | | Hello! | | if i have this line ROXETTE_PC_SW_R1D08 (locked) | | and just want to remove the (locked) part from it with an | regexp how would that look? | | i can do: s/(locked)// that leaves the pesky () how can i | get rid off those? | | //Dave | | | | | -- | To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
