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Using any Search and Replace program what would I enter to remove the
following string from many files which are all in the same folder:-

<!-- 108p3.htm 08:05 GMT -->

The text is different in every instance, but the opening and closing comment
bits are the same.
TIA
Brian Tozer

KiwiBrian wrote:
> Using any Search and Replace program what would I enter to remove the
> following string from many files which are all in the same folder:-
>
> <!-- 108p3.htm 08:05 GMT -->
>
> The text is different in every instance, but the opening and closing comment
> bits are the same.
> TIA
> Brian Tozer
>
>

If it supports regular expressions, you can select that by doing "<!--
[^-]+-->", or so I believe, at least. You may have to escape something
in there, though I wouldn't think so.

KiwiBrian wrote:

> Using any Search and Replace program what would I enter to remove the
> following string from many files which are all in the same folder:-
>
> <!-- 108p3.htm 08:05 GMT -->
>
> The text is different in every instance, but the opening and closing
> comment bits are the same.
> TIA
> Brian Tozer

Then you can play with something vaguely like:

find2perl . -type f -name "*.html" -print |\
perl -pi.BAK -e "s/<!--.+-->//g;";

....but if you bring down the internet and the governments of several
third-world countries with it, along with your hard disk and your marriage,
don't come crying to me.
--
mbstevens http://www.mbstevens.com

mbstevens wrote:

>> Using any Search and Replace program what would I enter to remove the
>> following string from many files which are all in the same folder:-
>>
>> <!-- 108p3.htm 08:05 GMT -->

> Then you can play with something vaguely like:
>
> find2perl . -type f -name "*.html" -print |\
> perl -pi.BAK -e "s/<!--.+-->//g;";

Well, since they're all in the same folder, this simpler one might work
better:
perl -pi.bak -e "s/<\!--.+-->//g;" *.html

....but would likely fail if the commented text spans several lines.