Date: Thu, 25 Feb 1999 01:23:19 +0100 From: Olaf Hoyer <ohoyer@fbwi.fh-wilhelmshaven.de> To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Un*x scripting magic Message-ID: <4.1.19990225010419.009bed10@mail.rz.fh-wilhelmshaven.de> In-Reply-To: <Pine.OSF.4.21.0004171843020.30502-100000@fly.HiWAAY.net>
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At 18:56 17.04.00 -0500, you wrote: >Hi all, > >A have a chunk of perl code something like this. > > # insert bunch of code here > > my $msg <<EndOfMessage; >%%MESSAGE%% >EndOfMessage > > # more code goes here > >Then I have a multi-line (printable characters only) ASCII >text file containing the message that I'd like to replace >for %%MESSAGE%%. [1] Anyone have a neat little trick in >their bag-o-magic? I know the answer should be really >obvious but everything I've tried thus either hasn't worked >or was too convoluted. > Hi! Well, from my limited Java experience (begun courses this year) two ideas came to mind: Is it possible to read it in from a text file, or defined in the beginning of the source code, or a dedicated subroutine? Then I'd put this into a string or array long enough to handle that, perhaps even split it into several substrings of its too long... Regards Olaf Hoyer -------- Olaf Hoyer www.nightfire.de mailto:Olaf.Hoyer@nightfire.de FreeBSD- Turning PC's into workstations ICQ:22838075 Liebe und Hass sind nicht blind, aber geblendet vom Feuer, dass sie selber mit sich tragen. (Nietzsche) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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