From: ken <gebser@mousecar.com>
To: AngusC <anguscomber@gmail.com>
Cc: Help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: regexp with match over multiple lines
Date: Thu, 05 May 2011 09:08:33 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4DC2A151.2020708@mousecar.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <31548643.post@talk.nabble.com>
On 05/05/2011 05:05 AM AngusC wrote:
> I want to remove all instances of <![CDATA[ ... ]]> data in a file. My
> regexp works if the start and end tag is on the same line. But not if the
> end tag is not on this same line. Is it possible to apply regex across
> multiple lines.
>
> My regex is: <\!\[CDATA\[.*\]\]> and that works if all on one line.
>
> What can I do? Is this where lisp required?
>
> Angus
"<\!\[CDATA\[^>]*?>" should work.
--
"Truth is the most valuable thing we have, so I try to conserve it."
--Mark Twain
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2011-05-05 13:08 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 15+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2011-05-05 9:05 regexp with match over multiple lines AngusC
2011-05-05 10:04 ` Peter Dyballa
2011-05-05 16:58 ` AngusC
2011-05-05 17:02 ` Deniz Dogan
2011-05-05 18:15 ` AngusC
2011-05-05 20:05 ` PJ Weisberg
2011-05-05 22:10 ` Peter Dyballa
2011-05-06 11:10 ` AngusC
2011-05-06 12:35 ` Peter Dyballa
2011-05-06 11:20 ` AngusC
2011-05-06 13:52 ` Peter Dyballa
2011-05-05 13:08 ` ken [this message]
2011-05-05 17:28 ` Andreas Röhler
2011-05-05 18:17 ` AngusC
2011-05-06 8:27 ` Andreas Röhler
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