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Note the danger if the string contains any single quotes.

Wildcard
– Wildcard

2015-10-13 20:45:23 +00:00
Commented Oct 13, 2015 at 20:45
Ah, yes, I hadn't looked closely enough. Single quotes wouldn't cause trouble but as you say, non-corrupted matching lines would be a big problem.

Wildcard
– Wildcard

2015-10-13 20:51:41 +00:00
Commented Oct 13, 2015 at 20:51
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Yeah, Fixed it so it should snipe out just the string itself and leave everything before and after. But overall I like your idea of using a pattern file, pretty slick. I'll leave this up for completeness though, maybe it will help.

Gravy
– Gravy

2015-10-13 21:01:28 +00:00
Commented Oct 13, 2015 at 21:01

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