Thanks for the regex, but that wasn't quite what I needed, it's functional
but I still don't know how it works !
$line =~ s/^\s*(.+?)\s<(.+?)>,*/$1, $2/;
OK so what does the $1 and $2 mean , what are they pointing to and how do I
manipulate them...
and what does the $& thingy do as well.
Much appreciate and explanation and if someone can point me to the part in
perldoc where this is explained I would be grateful, having read the regex,
and s/// entries, and still none the wiser for the above.
Michael Carmody
MDU, Public Health Lab
Dept. of Microbiology and Immunology
The University of Melbourne, Parkville
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