From: Peter Bailey <pbailey@...>
Date: 2006-09-30T01:17:26+09:00
Subject: Re: $ anchor for string of a whole file

Peter Bailey wrote:
> I can't seem to get the regex I want when I'm searching for something at 
> the end of a file. I express it with relevant characters, followed by a 
> $. Because I've read in an entire file as one string into memory, 
> shouldn't $ mean the end of the file? And, shouldn't /m tell it to 
> include everying, including newlines?
> 
> file_contents = File.read(psfile)
>  file_contents.scan(/(\%\%Blank page for Asura.*$)/m) do
>  file_contents.delete($1)
> end
> 
> Thanks,
> Peter

I had to correct "Asura$" to "Asura.*$"

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