On Fri, 3 Sep 1999, Stan Ryckman wrote:
} [snip perl script--yuk]
?? I didn't include any perl in my posting.
} I'm not entirely clear here on exactly what you want... the first
} "word" or the first five characters. I'll do it for the case
} where you want the first "word" and the rest are known. Hopefully
The first word and the first 5 chars are one and the same. The text will
always have one of a few alpha chars, followed by a 4-digit number; eg:
x1999
} # This gets the first "word" into $MATCH where you know the rest
} # of the words:
[snip the solution recipe]
} text. The second will then perforce match, but set $MATCH only
} to the "one or more non-blanks" part of what satisfied the
} first condition ("w2000" in your example).
Aaaah. The 2nd one was what I was leaving off in my attempts. I did the
$MATCH on the first line, so it matched the entire subject, not just the
first 5 chars.
} ><using v3.10pre4 fyi>
}
} You really should upgrade.
Made a typo..should of read: v3.10. I have no control over upgrading. I do
run 3.11pre4 on a couple of other unix boxes, but the one that this recipe
will run on uses smrsh, so I can't even install it in my own $HOME/bin. :(
I have suggested upgrading to 3.11pre4 for the last few years, but...[i
know that 3.11pre4 isn't the current release, but it is a step in the
right direction].
} Hope that helps,
Yep! It solved the problem perfectly! Thanks.
/vjl/
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