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Re: how to search for [text] in the stubject?

1997-02-12 14:23:12
Herman Damveld <H(_dot_)J(_dot_)Damveld(_at_)LR(_dot_)TUDelft(_dot_)NL> writes:
I'm trying to write this filter of mine which should filter all mail
carrying the string '[text]' (without '' but [] included!) in the subject.
I already tried (among other things):

* ^Subject:.*[dmca]

but the [] are always treated like part of a regular expression.

To quote the procmailrc(5) manpage:

    \.        Matches a single dot; use \ to quote  any  of  the
               magic characters to get rid of their special mean-
               ing.  See also $\ variable substitution.
 

        * ^Subject:.*\[dmca\]

Actually, the close bracket isn't magic unless there's a open bracket
preceeding it, so the following will also work, though it looks kinda
strange:

        * ^Subject:.*\[dmca]

You can also demagicify an open bracket by enclosing it in brackets:

        * ^Subject:.*[[]dmca]

But I find that hard to read, and thus I personally recommend the first.

Philip Guenther

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