Can you give an example of a line from each month?
On 02 Jun 2001 01:19:35 -0700, Paul Fontenot wrote:
> It is a system logfile. That is the way syslog is dumping it into the log.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Chas Owens [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Saturday, June 02, 2001 12:59 AM
> To: Paul Fontenot
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> Subject: Re: spaces...
>
> If your data is not supposed to have spaces in it you could say:
>
> $record = split / +/, $line;
>
> " +" is regexp for "one or more spaces.
>
> What you really need to do is understand why your field seperator
> changes halfway through the month.
>
> On 01 Jun 2001 23:19:24 -0700, Paul Fontenot wrote:
> > I have a file that for 1/2 the month has one space between every word, I
> use
> > this to split. However the other half the month it has two spaces in one
> > place and all the rest have one space.
> >
> > Using s/ /#/g to change all spaces to # so I can use that for the split
> > doesn't work. How can I get the back to back spaces to be something else?
> >
> > -Paul
> >
> >
>
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