[Gllug] regexp searches in mutt

[Sean Burlington]

Jim Bailey wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> Could some one tell me what I am doing wrong here please?
> 
> I am trying to tag messages in mutt using shift t and then a regexp say
> for gllug, [gllug]* which I believe should tag all messages starting
> with [gllug].  However it tags a load of stuff it shouldn't, my skill at
> regexp is less than optimal could some offer advice as to where I am
> going wrong please.
> 


[gllug]* means "any number of g's l's and u's"

[ and ] are metacharecters, if you want to use them literally you need 
to escape them

not sure about mutt in particular but if that pattern is matching loads 
of stuff the pattern matches if it is contained in a string.

you probably want \[gllug\] (any string containing '[gllug]')

or posiblly ^\[gllug\].* (a string starting with [gllug] followed by any 
amount of anything)

-- 

Sean



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