Re: FN-FORUM: bulk character insert in text doc

date posted 18th January 2004 22:32

Perfect, thanks Grzegorz.

Thanks Richard and Kathy for your replies too.

regards,

Darren Yates
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http://dittodesign.co.uk




----- Original Message -----
From: "Grzegorz BRZESKI" [EMAIL REMOVED]
To: [EMAIL REMOVED]
Sent: Sunday, January 18, 2004 10:02 PM
Subject: Re: FN-FORUM: bulk character insert in text doc


>
> > In Word or Textpad?
> >
> > I have a list of words and I need to insert a character both at the
> > beginning and at the end of each word. Is there a quick and easy
> > way to do this I'm going bog eyed copying and pasting.
>
> I undrestand that this a list of single words in one line.
>
> 1. Textpad
>
> a. F8
> b. check "regular expressions"
> c. Find what: ^
> d. Replace with:
> e. hit "replace all"
>
> g. Find what: $
> h. Replace with:
> i. hit "replace all"
>
> 2. easier solution is to do it in perl from command line (e.g.: cygwin)
>
> $ perl -pi -e 's#^(.*?)$#$1 at end>#g'
>
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