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markw writes: > Well, I think we have discovered a need for a "new" UNIX command line > utility. I think that what you're proposing is a little bit too specialized to merit its own utility. Of course, this is just my opinion. I write a *lot* of these sorts of things... I would have coded this thusly: perl -lne 'print "some pretty formating text $1" if (/Title:*\[ISBN:\s*(\d+)\]/)' file1 file2 ... or, if you were using Perl 5.10 (or newer), you could name the backreference thusly: perl -lne 'print "some pretty formating text $+{isbn_number}" if (/Title:*\[ISBN:\s*(?<isbn_number>\d+)\]/)' file1 file2 ... Kind regards, --kevin -- GnuPG ID: B280F24E God, I loved that Pontiac. alumni.unh.edu!kdc -- Tom Waits -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [hidden email] http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
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