RE: Removeing RE and Prefix

["Morse, Richard E." <REMORSE@PARTNERS.ORG>]

I think that I would still include the \s* after the \] in the regexp,
because this will also remove any spaces following it....

Ricky

-----Original Message-----
From: Jym Dyer [mailto:jym@econet.org]
Sent: Thursday 28 February 2002 4:07 PM
To: mhonarc@ncsa.uiuc.edu
Subject: Re: Removeing RE and Prefix


> Try:
>
>   s/\[sftest\]//;
>
> The regular expression you're using requires that the
> "[sftest]" be the first thing in the subject and must be
> followed by a colon.

=v= This is the right way to go, as it parallels the prevailing
use of subject line keywords such as "[sftest]".  Generally the
mailing list software will insert it at the front (or after an
initial "Re: "), but only after doing a very simple search to
see whether the string is any part of the subject line.  That
lets it deal with stuff like:

  Re: Fwd: Re[2]: Fwd: Re: [sftest] ME TOO!

without throwing "[sftest]" in there four more times.
    <_Jym_>