Bugs item #1880264, was opened at 2008-01-26 07:55 Message generated for change (Comment added) made by andreasjs You can respond by visiting: https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&atid=603138&aid=1880264...

Please note that this message will contain a full copy of the comment thread, including the initial issue submission, for this request, not just the latest update. Category: None Group: None Status: Open Resolution: None Priority: 5 Private: No Submitted By: Bernhard Mayr (falk_steinhauer) Assigned to: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody) Summary: Collision of commandline arguments

Initial Comment: The "-regex" options of pagegenerators.py and replace.py are colliding.

replace.py -regex:.*AnyPostfix "search" "replace"

is a valid command, whereas

replace.py -regex "search" "replace"

isn't, because "-regex" is interpreted as a command for replace.py, but

add_text.py -regex "any text"

is a similar call that works properly and requests the desired regular expression interactively.

I recommend to change the new option of pagegenerators.py to "-regexp".

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Comment By: AndreasJS (andreasjs)

Date: 2008-01-26 17:13

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-regex is used in many other bots that use the standard pagegenerator. I would rather change the option for replace.py to -useregex. A warning could be issued if the -regex option is used:

else: generator = genFactory.handleArg(arg) if arg == '-regex': wikipedia.output(u'Warning: changed parameter name. To make replacements using regular expressions use -useregex

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