On Thu, 27 Mar 2014 06:41:55 -0700 (PDT), James Smith wrote: > On Thursday, March 27, 2014 1:32:03 AM UTC-4, Steven D'Aprano wrote: > >> - are you mistaken about the content of the file? >> >> I can't help you with the first. But the second: try running this: >> >> # line2 and pat as defined above >> filename = sys.argv[1] >> with open(filename) as f: >> for line in f: >> print(len(line), line==line2, repr(line)) >> print(repr(pat.match(line))) >> >> which will show you what you have and whether or not it matches >> what you think it has. I expect that the file contents is not what >> you think it is, because the regex is matching the sample line. >> >> Good luck! >> >> -- >> >> Steven > > It should match this: > (134, False, '\' "SHELF-17:LOG[snip]MODE=NONE"\\r\\n\'') > > Is the \r\n on the end of the line screwing it up?
Dude, you've gotten a lot of excellent advice from some extraordinarily capable (and patient) people, and you appear to be ignoring it. -- To email me, substitute nowhere->spamcop, invalid->net. -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
