Find / replace

bremler · 12-14-2010, 05:37 AM

Hello, I'm very new to regex. Could I please receive some help with the following within sigil:

trying

to trying

What would I type in find/replace?

I tried

Find: (.*)
Replace:(.*)</i)

but did not work. THanks for any help

HarryT · 12-14-2010, 05:55 AM

Try this:

Search: (.*)
Replace: \1

bremler · 12-14-2010, 06:10 AM

Thanks Harry, tried it - but it has only replaced the first tag, not the second. e.g.

trying

becomes
trying

Also it only replaces one instance when I click on Replace All . . . the sgc-23 tag occurs around 230 times in the html file. More help much appreciate!

bremler · 12-14-2010, 06:18 AM

Got it! Clicked in 'minimal matching' and that did the track. Thanks so much :-))

HarryT · 12-15-2010, 06:52 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bremler

Got it! Clicked in 'minimal matching' and that did the track. Thanks so much :-))

The reason for this is that, without the "minimal matching", the "(.*)" search will include the closing tag (in fact, it will include the whole text of the file from that point onwards. That's also why it was only finding the first instance, of course.), hence it's not being replaced. With the "minimal match", it will stop when it reaches text that matches that specified after the wildcard bit.

irishred · 12-17-2010, 02:14 PM

10-22-2010, 02:53 PM #5
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"You can strip that stuff out with Sigil. It takes about 10 seconds."

I have search in Calibre, google and this forum for a very common problem about removing the spam "generated by ABC AMBER Lit converter blah blah blah" from my ebooks. The solutions doesn't always work or create more problems. Now the comment above sounds promising but didn't offer any instructions. Can anyone please help me here. I have spent hours and I am almost at resigned to reading this crap into the ebooks. Thanks!

Ahmad Samir · 12-17-2010, 03:26 PM

(IMHO, it's better to start a new topic and post an example of the text you want to replace).

12-14-2010, 05:37 AM	#1
bremler Enthusiast Posts: 41 Karma: 10 Join Date: Mar 2008 Device: Sony PRS-T1	Find / replace Hello, I'm very new to regex. Could I please receive some help with the following within sigil: <span class="sgc-7">trying</span> to <i>trying</i> What would I type in find/replace? I tried Find: <span class="sgc-7">(.)</span> Replace:<i>(.)</i) but did not work. THanks for any help

12-14-2010, 05:55 AM	#2
HarryT eBook Enthusiast Posts: 85,544 Karma: 93383043 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: UK Device: Kindle Oasis 2, iPad Pro 10.5", iPhone 6	Try this: Search: <span class=\"sgc-7\">(.*)</span> Replace: <i>\1</i>

12-14-2010, 06:10 AM	#3
bremler Enthusiast Posts: 41 Karma: 10 Join Date: Mar 2008 Device: Sony PRS-T1	Thanks Harry, tried it - but it has only replaced the first tag, not the second. e.g. <span class="sgc-7">trying</span> becomes <i>trying</span> Also it only replaces one instance when I click on Replace All . . . the sgc-23 tag occurs around 230 times in the html file. More help much appreciate! Last edited by bremler; 12-14-2010 at 06:17 AM.

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12-14-2010, 06:18 AM	#4
bremler Enthusiast Posts: 41 Karma: 10 Join Date: Mar 2008 Device: Sony PRS-T1	Got it! Clicked in 'minimal matching' and that did the track. Thanks so much :-))

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