I think that I would still include the \s* after the \] in the regexp, because this will also remove any spaces following it....
Ricky -----Original Message----- From: Jym Dyer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday 28 February 2002 4:07 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Removeing RE and Prefix > Try: > > s/\[sftest\]//; > > The regular expression you're using requires that the > "[sftest]" be the first thing in the subject and must be > followed by a colon. =v= This is the right way to go, as it parallels the prevailing use of subject line keywords such as "[sftest]". Generally the mailing list software will insert it at the front (or after an initial "Re: "), but only after doing a very simple search to see whether the string is any part of the subject line. That lets it deal with stuff like: Re: Fwd: Re[2]: Fwd: Re: [sftest] ME TOO! without throwing "[sftest]" in there four more times. <_Jym_>
