Hello, I have a perl script that opens up a text file and displays the data fine. My textfile:
111.111.111.1-25|DEPTA 222.222.222.50-60|DEPTB What I would like to do is have it increment 1 through 25, and 50 through 60, and display that like so: SO FAR ...... here is the data file hosts.dat: 111.111.111.444|DEPTA # DEPTB Stuff 222.222.222.1-15|DEPTB 222.222.222.20|DEPTB # DEPTC INFO 333.333.333.20-25|DEPTC # 444.444.44.555|DEPTF here is script "create.pl": #!/usr/bin/perl -w while (<>) { next if /^#/; # skip comments. if (/\b-\b/){ print; } } bash-2.03# ./create.pl host.dat 222.222.222.1-15|DEPTB 333.333.333.20-25|DEPTC bash-2.03# WHAT I NEED... So what im looking at doing is having IP's with "-" print out as so and to a new file....: 222.222.222.1|DEPTB 222.222.222.2|DEPTB . . 222.222.222.15|DEPTB 333.333.333.20|DEPTC 333.333.333.21|DEPTC . . 333.333.333.25|DEPTC Thanks up Front… Ron -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]