On Fri, 12 Oct 2007 10:49:26 -0700 "Mark Hull-Richter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On 10/12/07, Harold Fuchs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Keith, I think I goofed. If you use an editor that *properly* > > supports regular expressions then what I should have told you to > > change was > "<^[>]*>" > > without the quotes. That's less-than, circumflex, > > open-square-bracket, greater-than, close-square-bracket, asterisk, > > greater-than. I forgot that > in > > a proper implementation the asterisk is "greedy" which is why (I > > think) > you > > lost your text. Even with this you'll lose all the formatting. > > > > > > Close: it's "<[^>]*>" (without the quotes, with the caret inside the > brackets). > > It means "< followed by any number of 'character-that-is-not-a->' > followed by a >". > > mhr Thanks Mark. It worked. Then "all" I had to do was delete spurious line breaks, spaces and tabs to recover the text... what a mess! -- God bless you, Keith Bates 4 Mooloobar St Narrabri NSW 2390 Phone: 02 67924890 Fax: 02 67925418 www.new-life.org.au If you don't have a reason to live JESUS IS THE ANSWER! Ask him into your life today... He really does make a difference. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
