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TheBard · 03-10-2010, 02:46 AM

Well, I'm not DarkKipper, but here are a few regular expressions I use. They have worked on my test files, but could probably be improved or modified:

Delete header/footer that starts with "file///" and ends with either ".txt" or ".htm" or "html"
file:///.+\.(txt|html|htm)

Delete line that starts with "file///" and ends with numbers
file:///.+\d

Combine the two above
file:///.+(\d|(txt|html|htm))

Delete a segment of a line in which the segment ends with a specific string
.* - Baroness Orczy
(the " - Baroness Orczy" is in the line)

Here is one that seems to work, but might need a bit of tweaking. It looks for EITHER a line that starts with "file:///" and ends with numbers, OR a line that starts with a specified string, and deletes the found string. Quite handy when looking for headers / footers that may vary somewhat across a subdirectory
(file:///.+\d|Baroness Orczy.*)

Header with "Generated By ABC ... etc .html (the ABC Amber header)
Generated by.+html

Google "The Regex Coach" for a very nice freeware that is extremely helpful in designing regexes.

Hope these help!

03-10-2010, 02:46 AM	#4
TheBard Bifocal Wearer Posts: 49 Karma: 38902 Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: USA Device: Kobo Touch, Aura, Clara ...	Well, I'm not DarkKipper, but here are a few regular expressions I use. They have worked on my test files, but could probably be improved or modified: Delete header/footer that starts with "file///" and ends with either ".txt" or ".htm" or "html" file:///.+\.(txt\|html\|htm) Delete line that starts with "file///" and ends with numbers file:///.+\d Combine the two above file:///.+(\d\|(txt\|html\|htm)) Delete a segment of a line in which the segment ends with a specific string .* - Baroness Orczy (the " - Baroness Orczy" is in the line) Here is one that seems to work, but might need a bit of tweaking. It looks for EITHER a line that starts with "file:///" and ends with numbers, OR a line that starts with a specified string, and deletes the found string. Quite handy when looking for headers / footers that may vary somewhat across a subdirectory (file:///.+\d\|Baroness Orczy.*) Header with "Generated By ABC ... etc .html (the ABC Amber header) Generated by.+html Google "The Regex Coach" for a very nice freeware that is extremely helpful in designing regexes. Hope these help!