Problem : I want to see what is not being backed up using regular expressions. The list is here: https://support.code42.com/CrashPlan/4/Troubleshooting/What_Is_Not_Backing_Up#Admin_Excludes […]
Tag: regex
Sed pattern for multiple lines
Problem : I want to remove all create table statements from a mysql script, but the statement runs over multiple […]
Bash regex to rename set of files
Problem : I have to rename a set of files, using the rename command (with a regular expression). After some […]
Using regular expressions in Linux with grep
Problem : I can’t get this simple regular expression to work for matching emails: ‘w*(?:.w*)*@w*(?:.w*)*w{2,5}’ It should be working as […]
Filtering input with sed (regex)
Problem : I’m having an issue with sed not returning what I expect when using a regex pattern to clean […]
find using regexp and echo matches
Problem : I have about 50 users in /home/ directory and I have cloned a git repository to everyone: Executed […]
Piping PCRE grep into sed
Problem : I wanna sed this file, but the BRE in sed is not working as well as I hope. […]
excel vba – multiline regex not working
QUESTION : In cell A1 of an excel sheet I have the following contents inside the cell: select a.id, b.type, […]
How to recursivly delete all JPG files, but keep the ones containing “sample”
Problem : How can I find and delete all the .jpg files in a directory tree with the exception of […]
Need to add missing iteration id numbers to a series in text or excel. How to get this done without coding?
QUESTION : I have a text, csv or excel file that looks like ||–ID—–||–Name–||–Date of birth–|| 1 Jo 1/1/11 32 […]