sed with PCRE (like grep -P)
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I am happy that grep does support Python Compatiable Regular Expressions with the -P option.
Is there a reason why the tool sed does not have this feature?
sed regex
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I am happy that grep does support Python Compatiable Regular Expressions with the -P option.
Is there a reason why the tool sed does not have this feature?
sed regex
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It's Perl Compatible Regular Expressions though... ;-)
– Byte Commander
Jun 29 at 11:39
Same question from 2012 on the Mailing List
– RoVo
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I am happy that grep does support Python Compatiable Regular Expressions with the -P option.
Is there a reason why the tool sed does not have this feature?
sed regex
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I am happy that grep does support Python Compatiable Regular Expressions with the -P option.
Is there a reason why the tool sed does not have this feature?
sed regex
sed regex
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It's Perl Compatible Regular Expressions though... ;-)
– Byte Commander
Jun 29 at 11:39
Same question from 2012 on the Mailing List
– RoVo
Jun 29 at 11:41
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6
It's Perl Compatible Regular Expressions though... ;-)
– Byte Commander
Jun 29 at 11:39
Same question from 2012 on the Mailing List
– RoVo
Jun 29 at 11:41
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6
It's Perl Compatible Regular Expressions though... ;-)
– Byte Commander
Jun 29 at 11:39
It's Perl Compatible Regular Expressions though... ;-)
– Byte Commander
Jun 29 at 11:39
Same question from 2012 on the Mailing List
– RoVo
Jun 29 at 11:41
Same question from 2012 on the Mailing List
– RoVo
Jun 29 at 11:41
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In the case of GNU Sed, the stated reason appears to be
I was afraid it fell into one of those 'cracks'...though from
what was said at the time, some part of the work was already
done and it looked like a matter of docs and packaging...
(though, I admit, in Computer Sci, the last 10% of the work
often takes 90% of the time...
See GNU bug report logs - #22801
status on committed change: upgrading 'sed' RE's to include perlRE syntax - or search the sed-devel Archives for "PCRE" if you want more details.
Don't forget you can use perl itself for many of the simple one-liners for which you might want to use PCRE in sed.
answered Jun 29 at 11:43
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Work-around:
You can use the Pathological Eclectic Rubbish Lister:
perl -pe 's/../../g' file
or inline replace:
perl -pie 's/../../g' file
This works for the cases where I use sed. If things get more complicated I write a small python script.
answered Nov 26 at 15:30
guettli
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Well that's great for substitution, but how would you do other sed stuff in Perl? like for example/delete this line/ d
– wjandrea
Nov 26 at 15:34
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The most promising thing I found after a quick search iss2p(sed to Perl), though I just tried it and the output was VERY verbose.
– wjandrea
Nov 26 at 16:00
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@wjandrea I updated the answer: "This works for the cases where I usesed. If things get more complicated I write a small python script."
– guettli
Nov 27 at 8:06
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2 Answers
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up vote
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In the case of GNU Sed, the stated reason appears to be
I was afraid it fell into one of those 'cracks'...though from
what was said at the time, some part of the work was already
done and it looked like a matter of docs and packaging...
(though, I admit, in Computer Sci, the last 10% of the work
often takes 90% of the time...
See GNU bug report logs - #22801
status on committed change: upgrading 'sed' RE's to include perlRE syntax - or search the sed-devel Archives for "PCRE" if you want more details.
Don't forget you can use perl itself for many of the simple one-liners for which you might want to use PCRE in sed.
answered Jun 29 at 11:43
steeldriver
65.1k11104176
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up vote
4
down vote
In the case of GNU Sed, the stated reason appears to be
I was afraid it fell into one of those 'cracks'...though from
what was said at the time, some part of the work was already
done and it looked like a matter of docs and packaging...
(though, I admit, in Computer Sci, the last 10% of the work
often takes 90% of the time...
See GNU bug report logs - #22801
status on committed change: upgrading 'sed' RE's to include perlRE syntax - or search the sed-devel Archives for "PCRE" if you want more details.
Don't forget you can use perl itself for many of the simple one-liners for which you might want to use PCRE in sed.
answered Jun 29 at 11:43
steeldriver
65.1k11104176
add a comment |
up vote
4
down vote
up vote
4
down vote
In the case of GNU Sed, the stated reason appears to be
I was afraid it fell into one of those 'cracks'...though from
what was said at the time, some part of the work was already
done and it looked like a matter of docs and packaging...
(though, I admit, in Computer Sci, the last 10% of the work
often takes 90% of the time...
See GNU bug report logs - #22801
status on committed change: upgrading 'sed' RE's to include perlRE syntax - or search the sed-devel Archives for "PCRE" if you want more details.
Don't forget you can use perl itself for many of the simple one-liners for which you might want to use PCRE in sed.
answered Jun 29 at 11:43
steeldriver
65.1k11104176
In the case of GNU Sed, the stated reason appears to be
I was afraid it fell into one of those 'cracks'...though from
what was said at the time, some part of the work was already
done and it looked like a matter of docs and packaging...
(though, I admit, in Computer Sci, the last 10% of the work
often takes 90% of the time...
See GNU bug report logs - #22801
status on committed change: upgrading 'sed' RE's to include perlRE syntax - or search the sed-devel Archives for "PCRE" if you want more details.
Don't forget you can use perl itself for many of the simple one-liners for which you might want to use PCRE in sed.
answered Jun 29 at 11:43
steeldriver
65.1k11104176
answered Jun 29 at 11:43
steeldriver
65.1k11104176
answered Jun 29 at 11:43
steeldriver
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answered Jun 29 at 11:43
steeldriver
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65.1k11104176
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up vote
0
down vote
Work-around:
You can use the Pathological Eclectic Rubbish Lister:
perl -pe 's/../../g' file
or inline replace:
perl -pie 's/../../g' file
This works for the cases where I use sed. If things get more complicated I write a small python script.
answered Nov 26 at 15:30
guettli
65042063
Well that's great for substitution, but how would you do other sed stuff in Perl? like for example/delete this line/ d
– wjandrea
Nov 26 at 15:34
1
The most promising thing I found after a quick search iss2p(sed to Perl), though I just tried it and the output was VERY verbose.
– wjandrea
Nov 26 at 16:00
1
@wjandrea I updated the answer: "This works for the cases where I usesed. If things get more complicated I write a small python script."
– guettli
Nov 27 at 8:06
add a comment |
up vote
0
down vote
Work-around:
You can use the Pathological Eclectic Rubbish Lister:
perl -pe 's/../../g' file
or inline replace:
perl -pie 's/../../g' file
This works for the cases where I use sed. If things get more complicated I write a small python script.
answered Nov 26 at 15:30
guettli
65042063
Well that's great for substitution, but how would you do other sed stuff in Perl? like for example/delete this line/ d
– wjandrea
Nov 26 at 15:34
1
The most promising thing I found after a quick search iss2p(sed to Perl), though I just tried it and the output was VERY verbose.
– wjandrea
Nov 26 at 16:00
1
@wjandrea I updated the answer: "This works for the cases where I usesed. If things get more complicated I write a small python script."
– guettli
Nov 27 at 8:06
add a comment |
up vote
0
down vote
up vote
0
down vote
Work-around:
You can use the Pathological Eclectic Rubbish Lister:
perl -pe 's/../../g' file
or inline replace:
perl -pie 's/../../g' file
This works for the cases where I use sed. If things get more complicated I write a small python script.
answered Nov 26 at 15:30
guettli
65042063
Work-around:
You can use the Pathological Eclectic Rubbish Lister:
perl -pe 's/../../g' file
or inline replace:
perl -pie 's/../../g' file
This works for the cases where I use sed. If things get more complicated I write a small python script.
answered Nov 26 at 15:30
guettli
65042063
edited Nov 27 at 8:05
answered Nov 26 at 15:30
guettli
65042063
answered Nov 26 at 15:30
guettli
65042063
answered Nov 26 at 15:30
guettli
65042063
65042063
Well that's great for substitution, but how would you do other sed stuff in Perl? like for example/delete this line/ d
– wjandrea
Nov 26 at 15:34
1
The most promising thing I found after a quick search iss2p(sed to Perl), though I just tried it and the output was VERY verbose.
– wjandrea
Nov 26 at 16:00
1
@wjandrea I updated the answer: "This works for the cases where I usesed. If things get more complicated I write a small python script."
– guettli
Nov 27 at 8:06
add a comment |
Well that's great for substitution, but how would you do other sed stuff in Perl? like for example/delete this line/ d
– wjandrea
Nov 26 at 15:34
1
The most promising thing I found after a quick search iss2p(sed to Perl), though I just tried it and the output was VERY verbose.
– wjandrea
Nov 26 at 16:00
1
@wjandrea I updated the answer: "This works for the cases where I usesed. If things get more complicated I write a small python script."
– guettli
Nov 27 at 8:06
Well that's great for substitution, but how would you do other sed stuff in Perl? like for example
/delete this line/ d– wjandrea
Nov 26 at 15:34
Well that's great for substitution, but how would you do other sed stuff in Perl? like for example
/delete this line/ d– wjandrea
Nov 26 at 15:34
1
1
The most promising thing I found after a quick search is
s2p (sed to Perl), though I just tried it and the output was VERY verbose.– wjandrea
Nov 26 at 16:00
The most promising thing I found after a quick search is
s2p (sed to Perl), though I just tried it and the output was VERY verbose.– wjandrea
Nov 26 at 16:00
1
1
@wjandrea I updated the answer: "This works for the cases where I use
sed. If things get more complicated I write a small python script."– guettli
Nov 27 at 8:06
@wjandrea I updated the answer: "This works for the cases where I use
sed. If things get more complicated I write a small python script."– guettli
Nov 27 at 8:06
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It's Perl Compatible Regular Expressions though... ;-)
– Byte Commander
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