On Mon, Apr 13, 2009 at 15:39, Rick <rich.j...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > perl -lane' print "$F[0] ", "$F[4]" , " $F[5]";' > > Is there anyway to incoporate $\ <- output record separtor to do this > instead of printing out w/ manual spaces beteween the variables? snip
No, you want to use $, or $". Since $" is already set to a space, you should probably use it: perl -lane 'print "@F[0,4,5]"' You can get it even shorter using -p: perl -lape '$_="@F[0,4,5]"' -- Chas. Owens wonkden.net The most important skill a programmer can have is the ability to read. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: beginners-unsubscr...@perl.org For additional commands, e-mail: beginners-h...@perl.org http://learn.perl.org/
