If this occures more than once on a line we should have the line as this: perl -pi.bak -e 's/\s+\w+_\w+\.?//g;' filename
Notice the added g. :-) On Sat, Jan 10, 2004 at 10:33:08PM +0000, Matthew Seaman wrote: > On Sat, Jan 10, 2004 at 02:10:36PM -0800, Gary Kline wrote: > > > > Folks, > > > > Let's see if perl can do this one; it's as obscure a task > > as I've run into. I have scores of files with: > > > > A regular sentence, or phrase. then_one_containing_underscores_- > > between_each_word Followed by another regular, space-delimited > > sentence. Followed_by_another_string_with_underscaores. > > > > Is there a perl way to get rid of the > > string_containing_underscores and leave the regular sntences?? > > > > perl -pi.bak -e 's/\s+\w+_\w+\.?//;' filename > > Cheers, > > Matthew > > -- > Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 26 The Paddocks > Savill Way > PGP: http://www.infracaninophile.co.uk/pgpkey Marlow > Tel: +44 1628 476614 Bucks., SL7 1TH UK _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
