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September 12, 2018
Question

Replace only the selected short list of words by the full definition description from a Longer list

  • September 12, 2018
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Hello everybody

I've a selected short list from definitions book

And I want to add the full definitions description line to my selected definitions only

for example this is a small part from my selected text which I put them between this symbols @@@ and %%%:

@@@aedoeology%%%

@@@agriology%%%

@@@agrology%%%

@@@agronomics%%%

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and this is the big list example:

And I put at the end of each definition description this symbols ###

@@@acarology%%%

study of mites###

@@@accidence%%%

grammar book; science of inflections in grammar###

@@@aceology%%%

therapeutics###

@@@acology%%%

study of medical remedies###

@@@acoustics%%%

science of sound###

@@@adenology%%%

study of glands###

@@@aedoeology%%%

science of generative organs###

@@@aerobiology%%%

study of airborne organisms###

@@@aerodonetics%%%

science or study of gliding###

@@@aerodynamics%%%

dynamics of gases; science of movement in a flow of air or gas###

@@@aerolithology%%%

study of aerolites; meteorites###

@@@aerology%%%

study of the atmosphere###

@@@aeronautics%%%

study of navigation through air or space###

@@@aerophilately%%%

collecting of air-mail stamps###

@@@aerostatics%%%

science of air pressure; art of ballooning###

@@@agonistics%%%

art and theory of prize-fighting###

@@@agriology%%%

the comparative study of primitive peoples###

@@@agrobiology%%%

study of plant nutrition; soil yields###

@@@agrology%%%

study of agricultural soils###

@@@agronomics%%%

study of productivity of land###

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NOW:

How can I copy from the long list the full definition

starting from its headword and taking the full line description until the symbols ###

for only the selected text for my short list??????

Now we have:

First grep search:

@@@.*?%%%

to be replaced by:

second grep search:

@@@.*?%%%.*?####

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Any Help I will be so thankful ....

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