George Georgalis wrote: > > that's what I needed to hear... however replacing text (with memory > capturing) is still a problem: > > perl -p -i -e 's/451(.)8229/331\12027/g;' $( find ./ -type f -name '*.html' -o -name > '*.txt' )
Hi George, If you are going to do your regex work--especially at a high level--in Perl, it is imperative that you read the Perl documentation. The problem in the above sam[ple, or the one that jumps out at me, is that you are using the backslash form of back reference in the replacement string. In the Perl implementation, that is not appropriate. Use the built-in scalars ($1, $2 ...) instead. Backslash backreferences are used within the scanning portion of the regex, but not in the replqacement string. Please read: perldoc perlre Joseph -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://learn.perl.org/> <http://learn.perl.org/first-response>
