11-18-2009
Hi the regexp in sed is greedy, which means it will try to find the longest possible match.
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please help:
I want to add 1 space between string and numbers:
input file:
abcd12345
output file:
abcd 1234
The following sed command does not work:
sed 's/\(+\)\(+\)/\1 \2/' file
Any ideas, please
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the sed command:
sed 's/^*//' file
does not work on HP-UX :-( but it works fine on Linux,
content of file:
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output should be:
hello
Any ideas??
Thank you
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maildir-filter
MAILDIR-FILTER(1) General Commands Manual MAILDIR-FILTER(1)
NAME
maildir-filter - program to filter mail in Maildir folders.
SYNOPSIS
maildir-filter -r <regexp> [-d ./Maildir/.folder | -b] [-D] [-p] [-i] [-V] [-n] [-H]
DESCRIPTION
maildir-filter is used to filter messages in Maildir folders. It reads the message from stdin and used qmail's exit conde conventions, so
it can work from your .qmail file. It can be used to bounce, deliver or just send messages do /dev/null.
OPTIONS
The programs follow the usual GNU command line syntax. A summary of options are included below.
-r <regexp>
Use this regexp to match the message. It follows perl syntax.
-D turn on a few debug messages
-b bounce if matches
-p print messa to stdout
-i case insensitive match
-V print version and exit
-n negate regexp (!~ m// in perl talk)
-H only try to match the headers
-k kill the message
SEE ALSO
dot-qmail(5)
AUTHOR
This manual page was written by Marcelo Bezerra <mosca@mosca.yi.org>.
MAILDIR-FILTER(1)