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also sprach gabriel rosenkoetter (on Fri, 02 Feb 2001 12:11:19AM -0500):
> On Thu, Feb 01, 2001 at 07:41:41PM -0500, MaD dUCK wrote:
> > how can i create a regexp which will match anystring of the form
> > "the xxxxxx is big"
> > unless xxxxxx is "house"
> >
> > ?
> >
> > using [^house] obviously doesn't work... what can i use then?
>
> Um...
>
> grep 'the .* is big' | grep -v 'house' < input
not possible. i only have control over a file read by a program which
contains grep-compatible regexps. that's all. (grep -f)
there's got to be a way!
martin
[greetings from the heart of the sun]# echo madduck@!#:1:s@\@@@.net
--
Wind catches lily,
scattering petals to the ground.
Segmentation fault.
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