[EMAIL PROTECTED] schreef: > <?>: >> perl -n00e'tr/\n/ /; print "$1\n" while s/^(.{0,69}\S)\s+//; print >> "\n"' > > Since I'll use on both UNIX and DOS, can I put the $1 inside qq? as in > ..print qq($1\n) while..
Yes you can. Or try it like this: perl -wln00e' tr/ \t\r\n/ /s; print $1 while /(.{0,69}\S)\s*/g; ' datafile -- Affijn, Ruud "Gewoon is een tijger." -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://learn.perl.org/