On Wed, Dec 10, 2008 at 07:01:24PM -0800, Dan Thurman wrote:
> Cameron Simpson wrote:
>> On 10Dec2008 18:39, Dan Thurman <dant@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>>> I think sed can handle relational operators, but I have not
>>> been able to figure it out. Am I correct in assuming that
>>> sed can use relational operators such as OR (|) or AND
>>> (&)?
>>>
>>> Here is an example, but does not work:
>>>
>>> echo "The" | sed -e '/(the)|(THE)|(The)/i\ GOOD!'
>>>
>>> I tried looking up examples on the Internet, but could
>>> not find it. My brain is getting real mushy.
>>>
>>
>> Sed doesn't directly do relational operators.
>> _If_ you are using GNU sed _and_ you use the -r option, then you have
>> "extended/full regular expressions", and they support "|" (alternation,
>> like OR).
>>
>> "&" is not AND, it's a substitution syntax for "what was matched by the
>> left hand regexp", eg:
>>
>> s/bill/& and ted/
>>
>> You can only do AND by nesting multiple pattern matches:
>>
>> /foo/{
>> /bar/{
>> ... do stuff for "foo" AND "bar"
>> }
>> }
>>
>> although you can fake it at some performance expense thus:
>>
>> /(foo.*bah|bah.*foo)/{
>> ... do stuff for "foo" AND "bar"
>> }
>>
>> This gets combinatorially worse for each additional AND you try to fake;
>> you are better off nesting matches as in the previous example.
>>
>> Have you considered joining the sed-users list?
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
> Wow, thanks a lot! I certainly realize now that relational operators
> are quite limited with sed, which is why there weren't any examples
> offered over the Internet! Duh oh!
>
> Thanks for the tip regarding joining the sed-users group!
>
> Dan
Depending upon what it is that you are trying to do, you might find
Phil Budne's CSnobol4 useful.
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