All, I am trying to replace a series of periods in a sting with backspaces that way I can easily parse information from a Windows command. the current statement I have for this is
***************************Statement************************************ capture = re.sub('\.*', '\b', capture) ===Out Put=== str: \bi\bp\bc\bo\bn\bf\bi\bg\b \b/\ba\bl\bl\b\n\b\n\bW\bi\bn\bd\bo\bw \bs\b \bI\bP\b \bC\bo\bn\bf\bi\bg\bu\br\ba\bt\bi\bo\bn\b\n\b\n\b \b \b \bH\bo\bs\bt\b \bN\ba\bm\be\b \b \b \b \b \b \b \b \b \b \b \b \b \b: \b \bT\br\bi\bt\bo\bn\b\n\b \b \b \bP\br\bi\bm\ba\br\by\b \bD\bn\bs\b \bS\bu\bf\bf\bi\bx\b \b \b \b \b \b \b \b \b \b:\b \be\bn\bg\br\bC\bo \bl\bo\bS\bt\ba\bt\be\bE\bD\bU\b\n\b \b \b \bN\bo\bd\be\b \bT\by\bp\be \b \b \b \b \b \b \b \b \b \b \b \b \b \b:\b \bH\by\bb\br\bi\bd\b\n\b \b \b \bI\bP\b \bR\bo\bu\bt\bi\bn\bg\b \bE\bn\ba\bb\bl\be\bd\b \b \b \b \b \b \b \b \b:\b \bN\bo\b\n\b \b \b \bW\bI\bN\bS\b \bP\br\bo\bx\by \b \bE\bn\ba\bb\bl\be\bd\b \b \b \b \b \b \b \b \b:\b \bN\bo\b\n\b \b \b \bD\bN\bS\b \bS\bu\bf\bf\bi\bx\b \bS\be\ba\br\bc\bh\b \bL\bi\bs\bt \b \b \b \b \b \b \b:\b \be\bn\bg\br\bC\bo\bl\bo\bS\bt\ba\bt\be\bE\bD \bU\b\n\b \b \b \b \b \b \b \b \b \b \b \b \b \b \b \b \b \b \b \b \b \b \b \b \b \b \b \b \b \b \b \b \b \b \b \b \b \b \b \bC\bo\bl\bo\bS \bt\ba\bt\be\bE\bD\bU\b\n\b\n\bE\bt\bh\be\br\bn\be\bt\b \ba\bd\ba\bp\bt \be\br\b \bL\bo\bc\ba\bl\b \bA\br\be\ba\b \bC\bo\bn\bn\be\bc\bt\bi\bo \bn\b:\b\n\b\n\b \b \b \bC\bo\bn\bn\be\bc\bt\bi\bo\bn\b-\bs\bp\be\bc\bi \bf\bi\bc\b \bD\bN\bS\b \bS\bu\bf\bf\bi\bx\b \b \b \b:\b \b\n\b \b \b \bD\be\bs\bc\br\bi\bp\bt\bi\bo\bn\b \b \b \b \b \b \b \b \b \b \b \b \b:\b \bR\be\ba\bl\bt\be\bk\b \bP\bC\bI\be\b \bG\bB\bE\b \bF\ba\bm\bi \bl\by\b \bC\bo\bn\bt\br\bo\bl\bl\be\br\b\n\b \b \b \bP\bh\by\bs\bi\bc \ba\bl\b \bA\bd\bd\br\be\bs\bs\b \b \b \b \b \b \b... ==============================END============================ which paces a bunch of '\b' strings throughout the string (to me at random). It sort of works if I use this command but I don't want there to be whitespace... **************************Statement*************************************** capture = re.sub('\.*', '\b', capture) ===Out Put=== str: ipconfig /all\n\nWindows IP Configuration\n\n Host Name : Triton\n Primary Dns Suffix : engrColoStateEDU\n Node Type : Hybrid\n IP Routing Enabled : No\n WINS Proxy Enabled : No\n DNS Suffix Search List : engrColoStateEDU \n ColoStateEDU\n\nEthernet adapter Local Area Connection:\n\n Connection-specific DNS Suffix : \n Description : Realtek PCIe GBE Family Controller\n Physical Address : 00-24-1D-16-FF-28\n DHCP Enabled : No\n Autoconfiguration Enabled : Yes\n IPv4 Address : 12982227254(Preferred) \n Subnet Mask : 2552552480\n Default Gateway : 129822241\n DNS Servers : 1298210378\n 1298210379\n NetBIOS over Tcpip : Enabled\n\nTunnel adapter isatap{04FB4DF5-4B41-4058-A641-6965D13CCC06}:\n\n Media State : Media disconnected\n Connection-specific DNS Suffix ... ==============END================================ If anyone can help it would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, Gerad Bottorff -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list