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grep searching

Thure Etzold etzold at ebi.ac.uk
Fri Feb 14 13:23:52 EST 1997


Michael Myers wrote:
> 
> 
> Is it allowable to connect grep expressions with boolean operators?
> 
> for a single indice (eg. AllText): /^expression1$/ | /^expression2 $/
> 
> Since the manual says that all entries get converted to regular
> expressions anyway, I thought this would work. I never get data back, so
> I'm not sure if I'm trying to do something illegal or if the software
> isn't working properly.

oops, yes you are right - the regular expressions work like this in srs4 and 
can be combined by boolean operators but i simply forgot to implement this
in srs5 - which i will do now and make available in version 5.03.

I will use all your examples and make sure they work



regards
thure




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