Date: Wed, 23 Jan 2002 17:15:40 -0600 From: "Mike Meyer" <mwm-dated-1012259741.cafc81@mired.org> To: Eric Six <erics@sirsi.com> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Text editiing.... possibility for perl? Message-ID: <15439.17436.648645.828631@guru.mired.org> In-Reply-To: <127548262@toto.iv>
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
Eric Six <erics@sirsi.com> types: > So I need the first comma changed to a minus, the next two comma's a > tab, and the last three changed to periods. I can do some of this > with 'cut' but not everything I want to do... I figure I cannot be > the only one that has had to populate a massive amount of forward and > reverse files in bind.. I figure there might be a perl script for > this?? Just to add to the options: ed infile <<FILE 1,$s/,/-/ 1,$s/,/ / 1,$s/,/ / 1,$s/,/./ 1,$s/,/./ 1,$s/,/./ w q FILE Sed is a bit easier if you want a filter. <mike -- Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> http://www.mired.org/home/mwm/ Independent WWW/Perforce/FreeBSD/Unix consultant, email for more information. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?15439.17436.648645.828631>