Tom Phoenix wrote: > On 8/25/06, Robert Citek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> $ echo 'a: b' | perl -F'/: /' -lane 'print join("--", @F)' >> a: b > > For some reason, the space character seems not to match a space > character. I'd call it a bug. Other ways to match a space, like \s and > \x20, all seem to work: > > echo 'a: b' | perl -F'/:\s+/' -lane 'print join("--", @F)' > > See what happens when you file a bug report via the perlbug program.
See the link in my post for the "bug" report I already filed on this. 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>