Re: grep search and replace help

2013-05-20 Thread Christopher Stone
On May 20, 2013, at 05:53, Dom O'Brien wrote: > I'm trying to work out a search and replace syntax to the following numbers: __ Hey Dom, That's not really a job for find/replace since some calculations are required. Maarten and

Re: grep search and replace help

2013-05-20 Thread John Delacour
On 20/5/13 at 11:53, dom.obr...@gmail.com (Dom O'Brien) wrote: 1,4 I want to add a "_" to the first number ("1_") and repeat to the value of the next number. so 1,4 would end up being 1_1 1_2 1_3 1_4 Here's a Perl text filter that will do it: #!/usr/bin/perl while (<>){ if (/(\d+),(\d+)

Re: grep search and replace help

2013-05-20 Thread Maarten Sneep
On 20 mei 2013, at 12:53, Dom O'Brien wrote: > Hello - I'm trying to work out a search and replace syntax to the following > numbers: > > 1,4 > > I want to add a "_" to the first number ("1_") and repeat to the value of the > next number. so 1,4 would end up being > > 1_1 > 1_2 > 1_3 > 1_4

grep search and replace help

2013-05-20 Thread Dom O'Brien
Hello - I'm trying to work out a search and replace syntax to the following numbers: 1,4 I want to add a "_" to the first number ("1_") and repeat to the value of the next number. so 1,4 would end up being 1_1 1_2 1_3 1_4 I can't work out the syntax - can anyone help?? with thanks! dom. --