[PLUG] Another OO.o question

Bill Barry barryb at proaxis.com
Mon Mar 24 21:35:02 UTC 2003


On Mon, Mar 24, 2003 at 01:45:13PM -0800, Rich Shepard wrote:
> 
>   How can I specify a tab or hard return in the search and replace dialog
> box? I have about 50 pages of references where the first line is set in by
> two tab stops. I want to eliminate those in one, automatic S&R operation.
> Similarly, I want to replace the hard returns at the end of each line with
> the citation paragraph.

How about a small perl script.
Here is one to get rid of the two tabs at the beginning of a line

#-------------
#!/bin/perl
while(<>) 
{
   s/^\t\t//;
   print;
}
#----------

As for replacing the hard returns, what is a "citation paragraph"?

Bill




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