To: 'Tham, Philip' Subject: RE: Help with substitution Subject: Help with substitution
Hi I have a string which reoccuring patterns 1abc2abc3abc4abc567 How do I remove everything before the 1st occrence of abc to get the result 2abc3abc4abc567 s/^.*abc// Gives me 567 Thanks in advance. perl -e '$a="1abc2abc3abc4abc567"; $a=~ s/^.*?abc(.+)$/$1/; print "$a\n";' Thanks Wags - If I recall correctly... jwm -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://learn.perl.org/> <http://learn.perl.org/first-response>
