[SOLVED] Posix regular expressions gurus

topernic · 09-28-2014, 10:10 PM

Ok, I looked and can't figure it out. I know I can do this easily in a spread sheet program but I was trying to do it as a search and replace in a text file.

The expressions consist of for example

Code:

http://www.linuxquestions.org/syndicate/lqlatest.xml "topernic subscriptions in feedly Cloud/Open Source"

What expression would I use to search for both

Code:

and all the characters in between?

I've been playing around at http://zytrax.com/tech/web/regex.htm#experiment for about an hour and still can't figure it out.

pan64 · 09-29-2014, 01:03 AM

I do not really understand the question, but probably:
"[^"]*"
is what you are looking for.

syg00 · 09-29-2014, 01:50 AM

My initial reaction was - "regex ain't regex". You (we) need to understand the context - basic, extended, perlre, ...

And I always prefer "+" to "*" unless there is a demonstrable need.

topernic · 09-29-2014, 06:49 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by pan64

I do not really understand the question, but probably:
"[^"]*"
is what you are looking for.

That is it. Amazing.

Now I can spend some time and figure out why it works.