> > I need to remove ./ and #from a list of files. I can do it in sed but I am
> > not able to use it in my perl script. I tried to do something like this

# delete all .s and /s
$variable_to_remove_from =~ tr/\.\///d;
# remove the first ./ and anything before it from
# $variable_to_remove_from
if ($variable_to_remove_from =~ m/\.\//) {
  $variable_to_remove_from =~ m/\.\//;    
  $variable_to_remove_from = $';          
}
# remove only ./ from the file if it exists and is on a word boundary
if ($variable_to_remove_from =~ m/\b\.\//) {
  $variable_to_remove_from =~ m/\b\.\//;    
  $variable_to_remove_from = $';          
}



-- 
To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Reply via email to