"Jim Holsenback" <jho### [at] hotmailcom> wrote:
> "nemesis" <nam### [at] gmailcom> wrote in message
> news:49218a97@news.povray.org...
> > damn!  I don't have sed available right now and it's been quite some time
> > since I've raged on perl regexes... :P
>
> I'm closer ....
>
> with: sed s/'<indexentry '\(*\)*/'<-- <indexentry '/g
> <indexentry "This is a test">

I think unless you use a matching \1, you will only be able to make changes UP
TO the quoted part.

Frustrating, but useful.  Very useful.  Don't give up:

http://xkcd.com/208/

 - Ricky

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