Wildcards using [ ] characters

[Jacob]

I am having some problems with the [ ] wildcards...

I have a chat log that's basically setup like...
[15:22:38] Name: message

I want to highlight all of the ones with the time stamp
Using the wildcards, I tried
[??:??:??]
which is correct except for the [ ] which are used in the wildcard formulas
if I am not mistaken...

Anyone know how I could get around this??

 

[Greg Maxey]

Jacob,

To find a literal wildcard expression use \ in front of the expression. If
the time stamp information is the only information within square brackets,
they you should be able to use:


\[*\]

 

[Pat Garard]

G'Day Jacob,

Try: \[??:??:??\]
(Or: \[*\] )

The \[ tells word to search for [ as a character. Without
this the [ has a special meaning.

 

[Graham Mayor]

The specific advice has already been provided, but see
http://www.gmayor.com/replace_using_wildcards.htm for future reference.

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