Is there a way to make a 2 pass substitution? 1st one removing all the \n's and then using another one to substitute the string that I want?
On Tue, Nov 22, 2016 at 11:15 AM, Mayuresh <mayuresh.kshirsa...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Jason, > > I tried it: > > Substitute "s%(<meta [^>]*>).*?$%$1<script>window['start-time'] = new > Date().getTime();window['app-key'] = \"xxx\";</script><script > src='/epicdev.js'></script>%i" > > > However it still replaces each line that the meta tag appears on. > > > Regards, > > Mayuresh > > On Tue, Nov 22, 2016 at 11:12 AM, Mayuresh <mayuresh.kshirsa...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> Hi Jason, >> >> Each meta tag is appearing on a separate line. Will it work even then? >> Trying it out any ways. >> >> Thanks, >> Mayuresh >> >> On Tue, Nov 22, 2016 at 10:41 AM, Jason Brooks <jason.bro...@eroi.com> >> wrote: >> >>> Hello, >>> >>> According to the Apache Glossary page >>> <https://httpd.apache.org/docs/current/glossary.html#regex>, it’s all >>> PCRE <http://www.pcre.org/> based. So you should be able to use the >>> “non-greedy” match. So instead of .* which will match all instances, use >>> .*?. If you anchor it at the end of the string, something like (text you >>> are matching against).*?$, then you can be certain of getting the last one. >>> >>> —jason >>> >>> Jason Brooks Systems Administrator >>> eROI Performance is Art. >>> >>> m: 505 nw couch #300 w: eroi.com >>> t: 503.290.3105 f: 503.228.4249 >>> >>> >>> fb: fb.com/eROI <http://www.facebook.com/eROI> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> On Nov 22, 2016, at 8:50 AM, Mayuresh <mayuresh.kshirsa...@gmail.com> >>> wrote: >>> >>> Hi, >>> >>> How can I check for the last occurrence of a string in the response html >>> and only replace the last occurrence of it? >>> >>> I want to search for the last "meta" tag in the response and replace it >>> with something. >>> >>> How can I do this? >>> >>> Thanks, >>> Mayuresh >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> -Mayuresh >> > > > > -- > -Mayuresh > -- -Mayuresh
