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Article #1277Re: DELIMITED search
From: John DuBois
Date: Sun, 02 Dec 1990 02:32
Date: Sun, 02 Dec 1990 02:32
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In article <1990Oct29.134654.18929@cid.aes.doe.CA>, afsipmh@cidsv01.cid.aes.doe.CA writes:
> How, in general, can I do delimited searches in UNIX. i.e. How do I
> search for say the string "the" without finding there their other
> thesaurus...... AND including "the" at the beginning and end of a line
> eh?
I just began getting comp.editors so I don't know if this has been
noted yet, but in egrep (and other text processing utilities that
understand egrep-style expressions) you can search for
(^| )the( |$)
You can replace the spaces with [ <tab>] (space followed by tab in
brackets) if you want to include it as a delimiter.
John DuBois
spcecdt@deeptht.santa-cruz.ca.us
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!sco!gorn!deeptht!spcecdt From: spcecdt@deeptht.santa-cruz.ca.us (John DuBois) Newsgroups: comp.editors Subject: Re: DELIMITED search Message-ID: <107@deeptht.UUCP> Date: 2 Dec 90 02:32:44 GMT References: <1990Oct29.134654.18929@cid.aes.doe.CA# <1092@vm.ucs.UAlberta.CA> <339@tslwat.UUCP> Reply-To: spcecdt@deeptht.santa-cruz.ca.us (John DuBois) Distribution: na Organization: The Armory Lines: 14