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Ricardo Derbes Altec SE Albarracín 157 - San Carlos de Bariloche +54-2944-426892 [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----- Original Message ----- From: "Paul Johnson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Kieren Diment" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: "Perl Beginners" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, December 24, 2002 12:17 PM Subject: Re: Help with -e switch > On Tue, Dec 24, 2002 at 08:38:35AM +1100, Kieren Diment wrote: > > > I'd like to know if it's possible to combine the -i and -e switches. > > I have the following script, and I'd like not to have to go to the > > bother of firing up an editor, chmod +x ing it and co: > > > > #!/usr/bin/perl -w > > open FILE, $ARGV[0]; > > while (<FILE>) > > { > > print if (/(^org_name)|(^email)|(^$)/); > > } > > perl -n00i.bak -e 'print if /^(?:org_name|email)/' file > > > This script is for validating some paragraph delimeted data files for > > what it's worth... > > -- > Paul Johnson - [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.pjcj.net > > -- > 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]