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From: lwall@jpl-devvax.JPL.NASA.GOV (Larry Wall)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: Re: string search in "rn"
Keywords: KILL file
Message-ID: <11067@jpl-devvax.JPL.NASA.GOV>
Date: 15 Jan 91 22:20:32 GMT
References: <19522@hydra.gatech.EDU>
Reply-To: lwall@jpl-devvax.JPL.NASA.GOV (Larry Wall)
Organization: Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA
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In article <19522@hydra.gatech.EDU> mb33@prism.gatech.EDU (Martin Brooks) writes:
: 
: In one of my KILL files, I have a couple of search commands to flag
: articles that were posted locally:
: 
:    /string1/h:=
:    /srting2/h:=
: 
: Is there a way to search for both strings with one command.  I *did*
: RTFM but either it didn't mention anything or I overlooked it.

    /string1\|string2/h:=

If you know the header line, you can also get fancy with %(), like this

    /^/%(%[from]!=string1\|string2?j:=)

This lists the article if the From: line contains string1 or string2,
otherwise it junks the article.

Larry Wall
lwall@jpl-devvax.jpl.nasa.gov