How to replace a string in an existing file in Perl

Use a one-liner: Explanation -p processes, then prints <> line by line -i activates in-place editing. Files are backed up using the .bak extension The regex substitution acts on the implicit variable, which are the contents of the file, line-by-line

Escaping Parentheses in Regex

If you want to match one of a set of character, it’s best to use a character class. And within such a class, most escaping rules don’t apply. So to match a dot, comma, slash or closing parenthesis, you can use

Regular expression that matches valid IPv6 addresses

I’m having trouble writing a regular expression that matches valid IPv6 addresses, including those in their compressed form (with :: or leading zeros omitted from each byte pair). Can someone suggest a regular expression that would fulfill the requirement? I’m considering expanding each byte pair and matching the result with a simpler regex.

Python regex match space only

No need for special groups. Just create a regex with a space character. The space character does not have any special meaning, it just means “match a space”. So for your case would give

Regex pattern including all special characters

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Using strip() to clean up a string

I am new to python and I have a string that looks like this Temp = “‘, ‘/1412311.2121\n“ my desired output is just getting the numbers and decimal itself.. so im looking for as the output.. trying to get rid of the ‘, ‘/\n in the string.. I have tried Temp.strip(“\n”) and Temp.rstrip(“\n”) for trying … Read more