Re: pcregrep question

On 24Jun2016 10:57, bruce <badouglas(a)gmail.com&gt; wrote: > I've got a test file, with the following lines. Basically, I want a > grep/regex to traverse the multiple lines to return the lines. > > ll_=urllib.quote_plus(simplejson.dumps(b2))+"\n" > pathchildcount_filep.write(ll_) > > I've tried a number of attempts.. I thought something similar to the > following should work. (but no luck) > > pcregrep -Mi ".+urllib.quote_plus(simplejson.dumps(b2))(.+\n).+path" > foo.py > > The test file actually has the "\n" chars as text but the regex/grep can > ignore it, to focus on getting the two lines.. > Had you thought about sed? Untested: sed -n '/^ll_=urllib.quote_plus(simplejson.dumps/,/^pathchildcount_filep.write/p' foo.py (One line, in case your mail read folds it.) I've simplified the regexps, but I'm sure you get the idea. Cheers, Cameron Simpson <cs(a)zip.com.au&gt; -- users mailing list users(a)lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/admin/lists/users@lists.fedoraproject.org Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org