Dear Nigel,
Thanks a ton for the script..It works fine though it skips the first record even though I make the file begin with a blank line by simply hitting enter ! Regards Sunish Nigel Peck wrote: > My first attempt, which may be a bit simplified, would be to substitute > any newline, which occured at the end of a line which was preceeded by 2 > consecutive newlines, with a space. This relies on the format of the > file being as shown for every company. It also may miss the first > company in the file if the file doesn't start with a blank line. > > So > > undef $/; > $file = <FILE>; > $file =~ s/(\n\n.+?)\n/$1 /g; > print $file; > > [untested] > > HTH > Nigel > > >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 07/03/02 10:52pm >>> > Hi All, > > I am new to Perl and need help to solve this one ! > > I have a txt file and the contents of the file are as below : > > ---------------CONTENTS OF TEXT FILE-------------------------- > Abdullah Ahmed Hassan > Trading > Location Ruwi Souk St, Ruwi > Bus Hrs 0930-1300:1630-2200 > P.O. Box 197 Ruwi Code 112 > Phone 708940 > Fax 794156 > Key Staff Abdullah Ahmed Hassan > Mohammad Hussain Ahmed Hassan > Irfan Ahmed > Mohammad Asim > Activities :3410 > Email : [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Abu Ali Trading & Cont > Est > Location Azaiba > B us H rs 0700-1200; 1500-1900 > P.O. Box 1695 C. P. 0. Code 111 > Phone 595324 > Key Staff K. Sasi, Prop > Ali Suleiman Al Ghubshi, Sponsor > Activities 2700 > > Abu Al Dahab Trading & Contg > Est > Location 23rd July St, Opp Al Ghobish > Furniture Showroom > Bus Hrs 0800-1300 (Sat-Thu); 1600-1900 (Sat- > Fri) > P.O. Box 1254 Salalah Code 211 > Phone 297879 > Fax 297879 > Key Staff Syed Tajudeen Madani, Gen Mgr > Activities 2660 > ---------------CONTENTS OF TEXT FILE-------------------------- > > The names of three companies as above are: > > Abdullah Ahmed Hassan > Trading > > Abu Ali Trading & Cont > Est > > Abu Al Dahab Trading & Contg > Est > > I want the data this way . > > -----------DATA WANTED THIS WAY---------------- > Abdullah Ahmed Hassan Trading > Location Ruwi Souk St, Ruwi > Bus Hrs 0930-1300:1630-2200 > P.O. Box 197 Ruwi Code 112 > Phone 708940 > Fax 794156 > Key Staff Abdullah Ahmed Hassan > Mohammad Hussain Ahmed Hassan > Irfan Ahmed > Mohammad Asim > Activities :3410 > Email : [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Abu Ali Trading & Cont Est > Location Azaiba > B us H rs 0700-1200; 1500-1900 > P.O. Box 1695 C. P. 0. Code 111 > Phone 595324 > Key Staff K. Sasi, Prop > Ali Suleiman Al Ghubshi, Sponsor > Activities 2700 > > Abu Al Dahab Trading & Contg Est > Location 23rd July St, Opp Al Ghobish > Furniture Showroom > Bus Hrs 0800-1300 (Sat-Thu); 1600-1900 (Sat- > Fri) > P.O. Box 1254 Salalah Code 211 > Phone 297879 > Fax 297879 > Key Staff Syed Tajudeen Madani, Gen Mgr > Activities 2660 > -----------DATA WANTED THIS WAY---------------- > > I want PERL to make the name of the company to come in > one line as it has done for all three records. > > I request your help solving this. > > Regards > > Sunish Kapoor > > ITM Business Solutions > Unit 4 > Nine Trees Trading Estate > Morthen Road > Rotherham > S66 9JG > > Reception > Tel: 01709 703288 > Fax: 01709 701549 > > Help Desk > Tel:01709 530424 > Fax: 01709 702159 > > CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This message is intended only for the use of > the individual or entity to which it is addressed, and may contain > information that is privileged, confidential and exempt from disclosure > under applicable law. > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
