From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Marcin Borkowski Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: How to grep for a string spanning multiple lines? Date: Sun, 27 Nov 2022 07:54:52 +0100 Message-ID: <871qpodgzn.fsf@mbork.pl> References: <8735a6cj2k.fsf@mbork.pl> <87y1rxix4e.fsf@dataswamp.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="1391"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" User-Agent: mu4e 1.1.0; emacs 29.0.50 Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org To: Emanuel Berg Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Sun Nov 27 07:55:56 2022 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1ozBa0-0000A1-8w for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Sun, 27 Nov 2022 07:55:56 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1] helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1ozBZJ-00010O-8P; Sun, 27 Nov 2022 01:55:13 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1ozBZD-0000yq-3Z for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 27 Nov 2022 01:55:07 -0500 Original-Received: from mail.mojserwer.eu ([195.110.48.8]) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1ozBZB-0005uN-5w for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 27 Nov 2022 01:55:06 -0500 Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mail.mojserwer.eu (Postfix) with ESMTP id F2CCC952774; Sun, 27 Nov 2022 07:54:59 +0100 (CET) X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at mail.mojserwer.eu Original-Received: from mail.mojserwer.eu ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (mail.mojserwer.eu [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id Tc3dJPTJffTM; Sun, 27 Nov 2022 07:54:56 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from localhost (178235147110.dynamic-3-poz-k-0-1-0.vectranet.pl [178.235.147.110]) by mail.mojserwer.eu (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id DB68AF6593B; Sun, 27 Nov 2022 07:54:55 +0100 (CET) In-reply-to: <87y1rxix4e.fsf@dataswamp.org> Received-SPF: pass client-ip=195.110.48.8; envelope-from=mbork@mbork.pl; helo=mail.mojserwer.eu X-Spam_score_int: -25 X-Spam_score: -2.6 X-Spam_bar: -- X-Spam_report: (-2.6 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW=-0.7, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_H3=0.001, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_WL=0.001, SPF_HELO_NONE=0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.help:141189 Archived-At: On 2022-11-26, at 15:55, Emanuel Berg wrote: > Marcin Borkowski wrote: > >> I remember that someone in some video said something, and >> I want to find that part. However, it turns out that it is >> split between two (or more) lines. > > (re-search-forward ";; Hello my friend\n;; stay a while, and listen") > > ;; Hello my friend > ;; stay a while, and listen Well, that's obviously cheating. The real problem is how to search when you have no idea where you have spaces and where you have newlines... -- Marcin Borkowski http://mbork.pl