[Cialug] Regex Question

[Dan Ramaley]

Like others said, regex isn't particularly well suited for this. But 
this pattern will do what you want:

^((?!commandline).)*$

The thing to Google is "lookaround assertions".


On 2022-07-25 09:14, Todd Walton wrote:
> Let's say I have a block of text like this:
> 
> ===================================
>              {
>                  "altGrAliasing": true,
>                  "antialiasingMode": "grayscale",
>                  "closeOnExit": "graceful",
>                  "colorScheme": "Campbell",
>                  "commandline":
> "C:\\Users\\seven\\AppData\\Roaming\\Scoop\\apps\\msys2\\current\\msys2_shell.cmd
> -defterm -here -no-start -msys",
>                  "cursorShape": "bar",
>              },
> ===================================
> 
> How do I write a regex to match all lines *except* the "commandline" line?
> 
> --
> Todd
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