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Old 07-14-2006
how to find out if i have single string between tags
Hello all
im doing allot of text manipulation work , and im kind of new to regexp ( learning hard)
say i have this "<# fooo #>" , how can i check with regexp that i have only one string between the <# #> but can have spaces and not "<# foo oo #>" or "<# foo blah #>"
thanks
# 2  
Old 07-14-2006
Something to start whith:
Code:
$ echo "<# foouu #>"|grep -E "<# [^ ]+ #>"
<# foouu #>
$ echo "<# foouu ggr #>"|grep -E "<# [^ ]+ #>"
$

# 3  
Old 07-14-2006
thanks for the reply but when i do :
<# foo #>
the regexp dont match
# 4  
Old 07-14-2006
Extending on Klashxx's solution

Code:
$ echo "<# f oouu #>"|grep -E "<#[ ]*[^ ]+[ ]*#>"
$ echo "<# foo #>"|grep -E "<#[ ]*[^ ]+[ ]*#>"
<# foo #>
$ echo "<#foo#>"|grep -E "<#[ ]*[^ ]+[ ]*#>"
<#foo#>

# 5  
Old 07-14-2006
for different spaces/word boundaries:

grep "^<#\s*\<\S*\>\s*#>$"
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