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Regexp MULTILINE mode to find & delete a multi line XML stanza [message #1735506]

Mon, 20 June 2016 13:44

Paul Roubekas

Messages: 207
Registered: March 2012
Location: Chattanooga, TN USA

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I have a lot of XML configuration files where I need to remove the following....
<filteredResources>
<filter>
<id>1396938000000</id>
<name></name>
<type>10</type>
<matcher>
<id>org.eclipse.ui.ide.multiFilter</id>
<arguments>1.0-projectRelativePath-matches-true-false-target</arguments>
</matcher>
</filter>
</filteredResources>

As per the help text of the find dialog
http://download.oracle.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/util/regex/Pattern.html
is the implementation engine of Eclipse find.

With Regular expression checked, all of the following find "Containing text:" string have not worked.
<filteredResources>.+<\/filteredResources>(?m).
(?m).<filteredResources>.+<\/filteredResources>

My guess is that since the XML stanza covers more than one line I need to turn on MULTILINE mode.

http://docs.oracle.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/util/regex/Pattern.html#MULTILINE

I found this little explanation, and came up with the following "Containing text", but it does not work either.

(?m)<filteredResources>.++$(\r\n?|\n)^.*+$(\r\n?|\n)^<\/filteredResources>

But it does not seem to be working. What is the proper way to use the
(?m).
token in the find string?

Oxygen 3a
Windows 10

[Updated on: Mon, 20 June 2016 14:01]

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Re: Regexp MULTILINE mode to find & delete a multi line XML stanza [message #1735594 is a reply to message #1735506]

Tue, 21 June 2016 11:20

Ed Merks

Messages: 30353
Registered: July 2009

Senior Member

That ought to work, but doesn't it seem to work. I'm not sure why. This
however seems to work and handles both Windows and Linux line feeds.

<filteredResources>(.|[\n\r])+</filteredResources>

On 20.06.2016 09:44, Paul Roubekas wrote:
> I have a lot of XML configuration files where I need to remove the
> following....
> <filteredResources>
> <filter>
> <id>1396938000000</id>
> <name></name>
> <type>10</type>
> <matcher>
> <id>org.eclipse.ui.ide.multiFilter</id>
> <arguments>1.0-projectRelativePath-matches-true-false-target</arguments>
> </matcher>
> </filter>
> </filteredResources>
>
> As per the help text of the find dialog
> http://download.oracle.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/util/regex/Pattern.html
> is the implementation engine of Eclipse find.
>
> With Regular expression checked, all of the following find "Containing
> text:" string have not worked.
> <filteredResources>.+<\/filteredResources>(?m).
> (?m).<filteredResources>.+<\/filteredResources>
>
> My guess is that since the XML stanza covers more than one line I need
> to turn on MULTILINE mode.
> http://docs.oracle.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/util/regex/Pattern.html#MULTILINE
>
>
> But it does not seem to be working. What is the proper way to use the
> (?m).
> token in the find string?

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