I'd be carefull about using that line as part of a blind search and removal. $Id:.* is very legal syntax with perl code. Having said that a dry run would quickly let you know if it was going to cause you problems.
donald -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Lemke, Michael IZ/HZA-IOP Sent: Friday, February 20, 2004 11:26 AM To: 'Euan Guttridge'; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [OFT] scripting removal of $Id: Hm how about: sed -e '/\$Id:.*\$/ d' Command line suffices. Michael > -----Original Message----- > From: Euan Guttridge [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, February 20, 2004 4:58 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [OFT] scripting removal of $Id: > > > Has anybody come across a shell script to parse a large number of text > files, removing the CVS keyword replacement lines (all containing > $Id:)? > > For example > > input: > package com.shop.backoffice; > import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest; > /** > * Test class for blah > * $Id: blah.java,v 1.2.2.3 2004/01/21 10:03:04 jwilson Exp $ > */ > > output: > package com.shop.backoffice; > import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest; > /** > * Test class for blah > */ > > Thanks > > > _______________________________________________ > Info-cvs mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/info-cvs > _______________________________________________ Info-cvs mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/info-cvs _______________________________________________ Info-cvs mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/info-cvs