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Asked: May 17, 20262026-05-17T21:40:03+00:00 2026-05-17T21:40:03+00:00

I am trying to remove some <span style=something not constant> from a text and

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I am trying to remove some <span style="something not constant"> from a text and I tried M-x replace-regexp> "<span*>" -> ""

but it does nothing. I made sure the cursor is at the beginning of the file.

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    2026-05-17T21:40:04+00:00Added an answer on May 17, 2026 at 9:40 pm

    You must probably know that * in a regex means ‘repetition’, and i’m not sure you want to remove something like <spannnnn>, do you ?

    What you mean is probably: <span.*>

    PS: Made the same mistake as you 😉

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