Luis Cerezo schrieb: > Folks, > > i can't seem to get a match on LocateLineMatching in edit files... > > if the file has "foo foo foo 123456" > > LocateLineMatching "foo" = fails to match > LocateLineMatching 'foo' = fails to match > LocateLineMatching "foo*" = fails to match > LocateLineMatching "/^foo*/" = fails to match > LocateLineMatching 'foo*' = fails to match > > if the line is "foo" > then > LocateLineMatching "foo" = works... > > I also tried > LocateLineMatchingRegexp (?! found a reference to this on the bb, but it > returns as Unknown edit action ) > > what am I missing here? >
Your missing two ".*" Try LocateLineMatching ".*foo.*" LocateLineMatching "foo" is equivalent to LocateLineMatching "^foo$" Regards, Alexander -- Dr. Alexander Mattausch [EMAIL PROTECTED] Lehrstuhl für theoretische Festkörperphysik -- Uni Erlangen-Nürnberg *** http://www.tfkp.physik.uni-erlangen.de *** _______________________________________________ Help-cfengine mailing list Help-cfengine@cfengine.org http://cfengine.org/mailman/listinfo/help-cfengine