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Zak
Aug 16, 2011, 8:00:16 AM8/16/11
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hi,
i'm trying to search and replace a typical expression in a file such
as
i'm trying to search and replace a typical expression in a file such
as
\{student "7+9"\} with "7+9"
there are multiple instances in the file of \{student * \} and i want
to search and replace everything found with what the regexp wildcard
represents. I have tried this
s/\(\\{student\) \(*\) \(\\}\)/\2/g
to no avail,
Zak
Andreas Perstinger
Aug 21, 2011, 3:33:27 AM8/21/11
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On 2011-08-16 14:00, Zak wrote:
> there are multiple instances in the file of \{student * \} and i want
> to search and replace everything found with what the regexp wildcard
> represents. I have tried this
>
> s/\(\\{student\) \(*\) \(\\}\)/\2/g
>
> to no avail,
> there are multiple instances in the file of \{student * \} and i want
> to search and replace everything found with what the regexp wildcard
> represents. I have tried this
>
> s/\(\\{student\) \(*\) \(\\}\)/\2/g
>
> to no avail,
Does
s/\\\{student \([^\]*\)\\\}/\1/g
work for your file?
Bye, Andreas
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