> | Hello! > | > | If I have this line ROXETTE_PC_SW_R1D08 (locked) > | and just want to remove the (locked) part from it > | with an regexp how would that look? > | > | I can do: s/(locked)// that leaves the pesky () how > | can I get rid off those? > > Try: > > s/\s+\(locked\)// > > The parens are meta-symbols in regexes and need to be > escaped if you want to match them. The above will > additionally make sure that the blanks before (locked) > are also removed.
Hi, The input looks something like: ROXETTE_PC_SW_R1D08 (locked) you *might* consider just taking the leftmost characters. In a regex that'd look like: my ($symbol) = /^(\w*)/; Jonathan Paton __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Everything you'll ever need on one web page from News and Sport to Email and Music Charts http://uk.my.yahoo.com -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]