From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Dec 30 20:51:36 2008 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 1B8E41065673 for ; Tue, 30 Dec 2008 20:51:36 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kline@thought.org) Received: from aristotle.thought.org (aristotle.thought.org [209.180.213.210]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CA34C8FC23 for ; Tue, 30 Dec 2008 20:51:35 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kline@thought.org) Received: from thought.org (tao.thought.org [10.47.0.250]) (authenticated bits=0) by aristotle.thought.org (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id mBUKq6WT097485; Tue, 30 Dec 2008 12:52:06 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from kline@thought.org) Received: by thought.org (nbSMTP-1.00) for uid 1002 kline@thought.org; Tue, 30 Dec 2008 12:51:31 -0800 (PST) Date: Tue, 30 Dec 2008 12:51:31 -0800 From: Gary Kline To: Roland Smith Message-ID: <20081230205131.GA34211@thought.org> References: <20081230193111.GA32641@thought.org> <20081230201623.GB65659@slackbox.xs4all.nl> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20081230201623.GB65659@slackbox.xs4all.nl> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i X-Organization: Thought Unlimited. Public service Unix since 1986. X-Of_Interest: With 22 years of service to the Unix community. X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.4 required=3.6 tests=ALL_TRUSTED,BAYES_00, URIBL_BLACK autolearn=no version=3.2.3 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.2.3 (2007-08-08) on aristotle.thought.org Cc: FreeBSD Mailing List Subject: Re: well, blew it... sed or perl q again. 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: Tue, 30 Dec 2008 20:51:37 -0000 On Tue, Dec 30, 2008 at 09:16:23PM +0100, Roland Smith wrote: > On Tue, Dec 30, 2008 at 11:31:14AM -0800, Gary Kline wrote: > > The problem is that there are many, _many_ embedded > > "" lines, _not_ the other Href links. > > > > Which would be best to use, given that a backup is critical? > > sed or perl? > > IMHO, perl with the -i option to do in-place editing with backups. You > could also use the -p option to loop over files. See perlrun(1). > > Roland All right, then is this the right syntax. In other words, do I need the double quotes to match the "http:" string? perl -pi.bak -e 'print unless "/m/http:/" || eof; close ARGV if eof' * gary > -- > R.F.Smith http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/ > [plain text _non-HTML_ PGP/GnuPG encrypted/signed email much appreciated] > pgp: 1A2B 477F 9970 BA3C 2914 B7CE 1277 EFB0 C321 A725 (KeyID: C321A725) -- Gary Kline kline@thought.org http://www.thought.org Public Service Unix http://jottings.thought.org http://transfinite.thought.org The 2.17a release of Jottings: http://jottings.thought.org/index.php