tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16327517.post3604830054458152781..comments2024-03-26T19:19:35.144+00:00Comments on Eolake Stobblehouse thoughts: Commas and catastrophesEolake Stobblehousehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07126147415891586345noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16327517.post-65321203863921530582010-02-26T20:59:32.927+00:002010-02-26T20:59:32.927+00:00AWK
SED
these are great tools for the sort of re...<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AWK" rel="nofollow">AWK</a><br /><br /><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sed" rel="nofollow">SED</a><br /><br />these are great tools for the sort of repeated search and replace that you are talking about. Unfortunately I haven't used them in about 4 years and have forgotten the syntax.<br /><br />If you are using an editor which allows regular expressions you can search for something like <br />",[^ ^\t]" to match for commas not followed by spaces or tabs.Alexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11434318898333768620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16327517.post-34069427676436101152010-02-26T20:34:16.229+00:002010-02-26T20:34:16.229+00:00Not a friggin clue.Not a friggin clue.Eolake Stobblehousehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07126147415891586345noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16327517.post-34779240080825448142010-02-26T20:21:33.583+00:002010-02-26T20:21:33.583+00:00Just run a Sed script, or Awk.
I have no idea w...<i>Just run a Sed script, or Awk.</i> <br /><br /> I have no idea what that means. Hopefully Eolake does. :)dave nielsennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16327517.post-60497373027241154242010-02-26T02:12:01.881+00:002010-02-26T02:12:01.881+00:00Just run a Sed script, or Awk.Just run a Sed script, or Awk.Alexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11434318898333768620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16327517.post-28802310096814867932010-02-25T22:04:54.975+00:002010-02-25T22:04:54.975+00:00Heh. I use clever practical ideas like this all th...Heh. I use clever practical ideas like this all the time.<br /><br />Except I tend to use "XXX" instead of "+++".<br />Which reveals how rarely I have to edit porn-related texts!<br /><br />For these, I use "ZZZ" instead. Because there are very few occasions where my texts deal simultaneously with porn and sleep.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.superheroinecentral.com/mrx/xpage/sl/index.htm" rel="nofollow">Then again</a>...<br /><br />(U_U)Pascal [P-04referent]https://www.blogger.com/profile/12828897559998855623noreply@blogger.com