Re: [Regexp] a regexp question

If you have a sort of unix this one could help you:

sed 's/puppy.*kitty/§§§/' | grep -v "§§§"

§§§ is just a sample.

Thomas

Levent Yilmaz wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> It sounded like a very simple problem but I couldn't come up with a 
> solution. I was trying to do this with Basic Regexp in grep:
> 
> Find all lines which contain the word 'kitty'. But only those lines that 
> do not have 'puppy' somewhere before 'kitty'. For instance:
> 
> my kitty is very cute
> but puppy is cuter than kitty
> 
> What regular expression stands for the first line but not the second? 
> Note that the other way is very easy, that is the lines with 'puppy' 
> followed by 'kitty': puppy.*kitty
> 
> thank you so very much!
> -Levent.
> 
> 
> PS: What is all this spam on the list by the way?
> 
> 
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