> The perl man pages are pretty exhaustive. In fact, I don't think I've > ever used anything else to learn the bit of perl I know. > > I could try to translate this: > > perl > -p loop over all line in the file > -e use this expression > ' needed as the argument contains e.g. spaces > s substitute > : some delimiter > <space>word<space> the thing to be replaced > : same delimiter > \n\\emph on\n word \n\\emph default\n the replacement > : same delimiter > g repeat if more than one instance > ' closing quote
Thanks Andre I still have a question about the script you sent. The script worked for words that do not precede periods or commas, but when there is a period or comma immediately following the word, the script does not recognize it and there is not italicization of the word. Is there a wildcard that might be added after the word? Beny -- %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Beny Spira Departamento de Microbiologia Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Universidade de São Paulo Av. Prof. Lineu Prestes 1374 São Paulo-SP CEP:05508-900 Tel: 5511-3091-7347 FAX: 5511-3091-7354 E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
