If I am looping over files and I want to remove any occurrences of "deez" or "nutz" in the file names, I can write a regex like this:

s/(deez|nutz)//gi;

But, if I have a file named "deez blah nutz.txt" only the deez will be replaced. And, if "deez" occurred more times in the string, all of those subsequent occurrences would also be replaced because I used the g modifier. Alternatively, if I have a file named "nuts blah deez.txt", only the nuts will be replaced. Do I have this right?

Is it possible to write a single substitution that will replace all occurrences of both words in a string? I know it can easily be done by splitting the substitution up into two separate regex's, but I'd really like to do this in a single statement, if possible.

Thanks

In reply to Regex "or" by Mad_Mac

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