In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Raghu Murthy wrote: > I tried doing the following > > next if s?\([ /]\)\./?\1?g;
That looks to me more like sed (as best I can tell) and not Perl. > For some reason it is not removing the ./ from the file. Any suggestions > are welcome. > The file is in this format > > a b ./dsfj/dfl/dksl ./ksdfl/dsld > > c d ./sds/dsl/dksld ./kdf/ksd/ksdk Well, you could always use: tr/\.\///d; print; ...which would give you this: a b dsfjdfldksl ksdfldsld c d sdsdsldksld kdfksdksdk Or this: s|\./||g; print; ...which produces this: a b dsfj/dfl/dksl ksdfl/dsld c d sds/dsl/dksld kdf/ksd/ksdk ...if that is what you want (I'm not quite sure). -Kevin -- Kevin Pfeiffer -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
