Chris wrote: > Hi list, Hello,
> I am not sure if there is a proper name for this but was having some > difficulty searching for it. > > Basically I have data in a file that is between two different > characters, for example: > > # data data > data > data data data * > # more dataaa > moreeee * > > Basically I want to slurp that file in, then search for # and extract > all the data up to the * and print it, new line, next set of data. > > Any pointers would be great. >From your example it looks like you could set the Input Record Separator to something like "*\n". John -- use Perl; program fulfillment -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://learn.perl.org/> <http://learn.perl.org/first-response>
