From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Sep 14 04:52:31 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5AC2316A46D for ; Fri, 14 Sep 2007 04:52:31 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from dpchrist@holgerdanske.com) Received: from holgerdanske.com (holgerdanske.com [65.19.145.106]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 2EE6D13C49D for ; Fri, 14 Sep 2007 04:52:31 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from dpchrist@holgerdanske.com) Received: from a64x23800p ([64.142.42.100]) by holgerdanske.com for ; Thu, 13 Sep 2007 21:52:29 -0700 From: "David Christensen" To: "'Kurt Buff'" , References: Date: Thu, 13 Sep 2007 21:52:31 -0700 Message-ID: <00d401c7f68b$0f8fae30$0a00a8c0@a64x23800p> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Microsoft Office Outlook 11 Thread-Index: Acf2KedrHfggAOHJSeSUbqWHTDF4cQAX595Q In-Reply-To: X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.3138 Cc: Subject: RE: Scripting question X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 14 Sep 2007 04:52:31 -0000 Kurt Buff wrote: > I'm trying to do some text file manipulation, and it's driving me nuts. ... > I don't have the perl skills, though that would be ideal. > Any help out there? Buy "Learning Perl, Fourth Edition", read it, and do the exercises: http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/learnperl4/index.html Investing the effort to become proficient with Perl will serve you well in the long run. HTH, David