Re: Re: search and replace on a line by line basis

Or to minimize it one more character....

s/^(.{188})[^0]\d{7}(.{16})$/${1}20020101$2/'

Update: As the AM below notes, this does not solve the original question, just minimizes the previous poster's RE.

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Re: Re: Re: search and replace on a line by line basis by Anonymous Monk on Apr 16, 2004 at 05:15 UTC
that ^0 will skip anything starts with 0. it's not what the poster want. how about s/^(.{188})(?!0(8))(.{16})$/${1}20020101$4/	[reply]