On Sunday, October 6, 2002, at 03:47 AM, John W. Krahn wrote: > $ perl -pe 's/^(\d+\s+)([a-zA-Z]+)\s+([a-zA-Z]+)$/$1$2;$3/' infile > 222 xxx;JJJJJ > 222 www;DD > 222 cc;ffFFF > 909 eee;EEEE > 909 FFF;kkkk > 909 jjjjj;KKKK > 888 JJJ;HHHH > 888 HHH;JJJJ > > > This _will_ work: :-)
Yikes, I didn't read that question near well enough. Sorry about the useless I answer. James -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]