[Remind-Fans] a slacker syntax for .reminders ?

[Justin Alcorn]

Everybody OK it I post this and the python script on the wiki?



David F. Skoll wrote:
> Daniel A Graham wrote:
>> Not perl, but here's a python script to do the job:
> 
>> remind = re.compile(r'^\s*rem\s.*$', re.IGNORECASE)
> 
> The original poster wanted lines cut at the final %.  So if you have:
> 
>     REM Monday MSG I hate %"Mondays%"   %
> 
> then Remind would be fed:
> 
> REM Monday MSG I hate %"Mondays%"
> 
> So here's a Perl one-liner:
> 
> perl -ne 'print "$1\n" if /^\s*(REM.*)%/i or /^\s*(REM.*)/i'
> 
> And a shell script:
> 
> #!/bin/sh
> perl -ne 'print "$1\n" if /^\s*(REM.*)%/i or /^\s*(REM.*)/i' $1 | remind -
> 
> (I am 100% certain a true Perl guru can combine the regexes, but
> I'm too lazy.)
> 
> Regards,
> 
> David.
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