I'm assuming that yours rob will just remove the #ba, without the space. While this was what I was originally looking for, John's solution removing the #ba and the space before is more convenient, saves me having to do s/ / /g; then.
dan Network Administrator & Head Coder http://www.abovenet.org IRC network "Rob Dixon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > "John W. Krahn" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message > [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > > This will work but it will also remove the space in front of the match: > > > > s/(\s|^)#ba(?=\s|$)//; > > > > s/((?<=\s)|^)#ba(?=\s|$)//; > > /R > > > -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]