[EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: : I have a field that looks like this: : : 'modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module char-major-10-134' : : I need to add a single quote so that it looks like this: : : 'modprobe: modprobe: Can''t locate module char-major-10-134' : : But I have no idea how to go about doing that, can I get an example?
I wasn't sure if those single quotes were part of the field or just delimiters. #!/usr/bin/perl use strict; use warnings; $_ = "modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module char-major-10-134"; s/'/''/g; print; # OR $_ = "'modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module char-major-10-134'"; s/(\w)'(\w)/$1''$2/g; # There is probably a more # elegant way to write this. print; __END__ HTH, Charles K. Clarkson -- Mobile Homes Specialist 254 968-8328 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://learn.perl.org/> <http://learn.perl.org/first-response>