Re: I don't know where to start with this one.

2007-01-30 Thread Kenton Brede
On 1/30/07, Randal L. Schwartz wrote: >>>>> ""Kenton" == "Kenton Brede" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: "Kenton> [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] "Kenton> [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] "Kenton> [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: I don't know where to start with this one.

2007-01-29 Thread Kenton Brede
On 1/29/07, John W. Krahn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Kenton Brede wrote: > I need some advice as to how to approach this problem. > > I've got a mail alias file, space delimited and sorted on the second > column like: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [E

I don't know where to start with this one.

2007-01-29 Thread Kenton Brede
I need some advice as to how to approach this problem. I've got a mail alias file, space delimited and sorted on the second column like: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTE

scalar in array name?

2006-10-06 Thread Kenton Brede
I've done some searching and can't find an answer to this. I'd like to use a scalar variable in an array name. Something like "@$scalar" I've tried different permutations like "[EMAIL PROTECTED]", "@"$scalar"" "@\$scalar" and none of them work. What I'm trying to do is come up with a way to slu

Re: chown-ing symlink

2004-03-15 Thread Kenton Brede
On Mon, Mar 15, 2004 at 12:57:08PM -0800, John W. Krahn ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Wiggins D'Anconia wrote: > > > > What is the OP really doing? Why the need to change the ownership of a > > link, and why wasn't it created with the "correct" ownership to begin with? > > The ownership on a syml

Re: Exit

2004-03-03 Thread Kenton Brede
On Wed, Mar 03, 2004 at 06:17:36PM -, Rob Dixon ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > I hope, and think, that I've helped several people to > be more eloquent in Perl. > > The language fascinates me in the way that nearly all > who can speak can use it: thanks to Larry, who knew > before we did what a

Re: Filesystems mounting

2004-02-25 Thread Kenton Brede
On Wed, Feb 25, 2004 at 02:39:43PM -0800, Uma Lakshmanan ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Hi , > I am trying to write a script to see if a particular file system is > mounted. If not I need to mount the file system. Is there a specific > function that I could use for the file system. > Thanks in advan

Re: Pattern matching problem

2004-02-25 Thread Kenton Brede
On Wed, Feb 25, 2004 at 06:12:55PM +, Henry Todd ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > On 2004-02-25 17:42:46 +, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Kenton Brede) said: > > >If you don't get an answer to your question this is probably why - > > > >http://learn.perl.org/beginners-

Re: Pattern matching problem

2004-02-25 Thread Kenton Brede
On Wed, Feb 25, 2004 at 06:30:55PM -, Rob Dixon ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Kenton Brede wrote: > > > > On Wed, Feb 25, 2004 at 05:52:19PM -, Rob Dixon ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > > Kenton Brede wrote: > > > > > > > > > I'm h

Re: Pattern matching problem

2004-02-25 Thread Kenton Brede
On Wed, Feb 25, 2004 at 05:52:19PM -, Rob Dixon ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Kenton Brede wrote: > > > > > I'm having trouble counting the number of specific substrings within a > > > string. I'm working on a bioinformatics coursework at the momen

Re: Pattern matching problem

2004-02-25 Thread Kenton Brede
On Wed, Feb 25, 2004 at 04:35:57PM +, Henry Todd ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > I'm having trouble counting the number of specific substrings within a > string. I'm working on a bioinformatics coursework at the moment, so my > string looks like this: If you don't get an answer to your question

Re: default value for input

2004-02-24 Thread Kenton Brede
eck in there in case a person actually typed http://http://whatever.com. I know that isn't very likely but . #!/usr/bin/perl use warnings; use strict; my $prefix = 'http://'; print "Enter URL http://";; chomp (my $url = ); if ($url =~ /http:/) { print "$url

Re: variable issue

2004-02-24 Thread Kenton Brede
On Tue, Feb 24, 2004 at 10:49:50AM -0800, rmck ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Help > > I need this variable $time to show last hour (00..23) So if hour is 00, I want 23. > If hour is 01, I want 00, etc. > Take a look at the "localtime" function. $ perldoc -f localtime hth, kent -- "Effic

Re: default value for input

2004-02-24 Thread Kenton Brede
On Tue, Feb 24, 2004 at 07:41:46PM +0100, Anthony Vanelverdinghe ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Hi > > is it possible to give a default value to the input you're asking? I tried > the code below but this didn't work. > > $URL = "http://";; > chomp ($URL = $URL.<>); I've set up a default variable

Re: Network Sniffer Module

2004-02-22 Thread Kenton Brede
On Sun, Feb 22, 2004 at 05:59:43PM -0500, Jason Normandin ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Hi List. > I am looking for a module that will allow me to perform the same function as > the Solaris snoop command via Perl. I have searched CPAN, but was unable to > > I would rather not use the snoop command

Re: reading shell variables [Was all confused about a hash]

2004-02-21 Thread Kenton Brede
On Sun, Feb 22, 2004 at 12:30:14AM +, RichT ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > My next question is, how can i read in variables from the shell? > > im using Solaris / ksh You can access environment variables though the %ENV hash. I've listed a couple standard ways to do so below. If you are c

Re: quotes in pattern

2004-02-21 Thread Kenton Brede
On Sat, Feb 21, 2004 at 07:44:15PM +0100, Anthony Vanelverdinghe ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Hi > > I want to save the name and the URL of a html hyperlink in an array > (@bookmarks). > > The problem is that the quotes aren't recognized, so it doesn't save only > the URL; > but also the other

Re: How i can get info about CPU ?

2004-02-16 Thread Kenton Brede
On Mon, Feb 16, 2004 at 01:07:50PM +0200, Angel Kolev ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Exuseme for my bad english. > How to get info for CPU: overloading, parameters, status .. etc for Windows > and Linux? I wanna use that in my perl script. Your English is fine:) A good place to start for questions

Re: Date manipulation

2004-02-10 Thread Kenton Brede
On Tue, Feb 10, 2004 at 11:21:15AM +0100, Roger Grosswiler ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > hi list, > > i'd like to try a first perl-script that should: > > -define todays date > -define todays date minus one week > -find in a special directory files, that contain ddmmyy > -remove them > > ..since

Re: get_uid sub critic

2004-02-09 Thread Kenton Brede
On Mon, Feb 09, 2004 at 09:46:10AM -0500, Bob Showalter ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Kenton Brede wrote: > > I've written the following subroutine to snag the next available UID > > in the 700 range from /etc/passwd. I then use the return value with > > "useradd&quo

Re: get_uid sub critic

2004-02-07 Thread Kenton Brede
On Sat, Feb 07, 2004 at 02:08:26PM -0800, John W. Krahn ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Kenton Brede wrote: > > > > I've written the following subroutine to snag the next available UID in > > the 700 range from /etc/passwd. I then use the return value with >

Re: get_uid sub critic

2004-02-07 Thread Kenton Brede
On Sat, Feb 07, 2004 at 07:42:30PM -, Rob Dixon ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: >> Kenton Brede wrote: >> > Hi Kenton. Hi, thanks for the great code. > How does this look? Well ... complex :) Let me see if I can put this in English. > sub get_uid { > my %list;

get_uid sub critic

2004-02-07 Thread Kenton Brede
I've written the following subroutine to snag the next available UID in the 700 range from /etc/passwd. I then use the return value with "useradd" to add a new user. The subroutine works fine. If no UID 700 is found it returns 700. It then returns the next available UID or adds 1 to the last UID

Re: How Am I?

2004-02-04 Thread Kenton Brede
On Wed, Feb 04, 2004 at 12:18:49PM -, Rob Dixon ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Rob Dixon wrote: > > > [stuff] > > Sorry guys. Just glad it wasn't anything too embarrassing :-/ > > /R I posted an intimate message to a lady friend of mine once to the Debian users list. I know how you feel, hehe

Re: help on regular expression

2004-01-28 Thread Kenton Brede
On Tue, Jan 27, 2004 at 07:49:02AM -0800, Madhu Reddy ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Hi, >I need some help on regular expression... > i have following in variable $total_count > > $total_count = "##I USBP 01 10:38:09(000) > ETRACK_TOTAL_RECS : 100" > > Here in this ETRACK_TOTAL_RECS is fix

Re: function that reads line numbers?

2004-01-27 Thread Kenton Brede
On Tue, Jan 27, 2004 at 06:55:50PM -0800, Trina Espinoza ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > So this may be wishful thinking, but I would be kicking myself later if I didn't > ask. Is there a function in perl where you give > the function exact line numbers and it would only read the data in the range o

Re: Benchmark's cmpthese results - how to read

2004-01-25 Thread Kenton Brede
On Sun, Jan 25, 2004 at 01:59:30PM -0500, Kevin Old ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Hello everyone, > > I have a two sets of code that I'd like to know which one is "fastest", > so I turned to the Benchmark module to help solve the mystery. My code: > > #!/usr/bin/perl > > use warnings; > use stri

Re: the same script, the final step, and again does not do what I wnat it to do

2004-01-25 Thread Kenton Brede
On Sat, Jan 24, 2004 at 10:14:24PM -0700, danield ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Hello all, > > Thanks to Charles and Tim, I have advanced to the final step with my > script. After the script verifies that there is line (Summary Log...) > and that the log is from correct year and month. I want it to

Re: Need help with a regex

2004-01-22 Thread Kenton Brede
On Fri, Jan 23, 2004 at 12:01:13AM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > This newbie needs help with a regex. Here's what the data from a text > file looks like. There's no delimiter and the fields aren't evenly spaced > apart. > > apples San Antonio Fruit > orang

Re: exit perl script and cd in bash?

2004-01-20 Thread Kenton Brede
On Sun, Jan 18, 2004 at 05:44:25PM -0600, Kenton Brede ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > I've been searching the archives and google for an answer. I suspect it > can't be done but thought I'd ask. > > What I'm trying to do is create a tool such as "cdargs&qu

Re: Terminating script if file does not exist

2004-01-19 Thread Kenton Brede
On Mon, Jan 19, 2004 at 11:25:02PM -0500, perlwannabe ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Basically the script runs and looks for a file in a certain directory. If > the file is there, the script continues to run and process the file, but > if the file is not there the script should just exit. > > Any i

exit perl script and cd in bash?

2004-01-18 Thread Kenton Brede
I've been searching the archives and google for an answer. I suspect it can't be done but thought I'd ask. What I'm trying to do is create a tool such as "cdargs", in perl, to simplify moving between directories on the command line. The problem I'm having of course is actually changing the she

Re: Building Perl 5.8.2 for distribution

2004-01-18 Thread Kenton Brede
On Sun, Jan 18, 2004 at 09:07:44AM -0500, Holler, Lesley W ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Hi all, > > I am current attempting to build perl for distribution at my site. I want to > build perl and all modules that I need in one directory, and distribute it in > another. > (*NOTE I want this to

Re: Matching and general expressions

2004-01-18 Thread Kenton Brede
On Sun, Jan 18, 2004 at 05:22:46PM +0100, aSH ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Hello, > > I'm trying to learn and use the patterns. This is my first "serious" > try with perl. > > I have a long list of words and phrases that I need to find. > > Let's take this example. I want to find this patterns

Re: multiline matching

2004-01-15 Thread Kenton Brede
On Thu, Jan 15, 2004 at 08:38:11AM -0600, James Edward Gray II ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > On Jan 14, 2004, at 10:28 PM, Kenton Brede wrote: > > >On Wed, Jan 14, 2004 at 09:57:51PM -0600, James Edward Gray II > >([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > >>On Jan 14, 2004, at 7

Re: multiline matching

2004-01-14 Thread Kenton Brede
On Wed, Jan 14, 2004 at 09:57:51PM -0600, James Edward Gray II ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > On Jan 14, 2004, at 7:22 PM, Jose Malacara wrote: > Since you've already been shown the super easy way, I'll dare to be a > little different: > > #!/usr/bin/perl > > use strict; > use warnings; > > $

Re: multiline matching

2004-01-14 Thread Kenton Brede
On Wed, Jan 14, 2004 at 06:22:58PM -0700, Jose Malacara wrote: > Can someone explain to me how to do multiline matching? I am trying to extract three > consecutive lines from a datafile containing multiple records like this: > > Name: Bob > City: Austin > State: Texas > Address: 123 Whatever > Ag

Re: adding the date::calc module

2004-01-03 Thread Kenton Brede
On Sat, Jan 03, 2004 at 08:56:42AM -0800, Stuart White wrote: > I've been told that I can add the date::calc module > from the command line using a one line command as > opposed to going to perl.org and compiling it. > Unfortunately though, I can't get into that email acct > where that email with

Re: Ending a compound statement

2003-12-19 Thread Kenton Brede
On Thu, Dec 18, 2003 at 12:37:33PM -0800, drieux wrote: > > On Dec 18, 2003, at 11:35 AM, Kenton Brede wrote: > http://nixnotes.org/perl_dump.html Thanks for everyones response first of all. > So first things first, Do You REALLY want to > know what @ARGV was prior to cal

Ending a compound statement

2003-12-18 Thread Kenton Brede
Does a compound statement need to end with an "else" ? I know - if (expression) { statement; } elsif (expression) { statement; } works but I've never seen a block like that in a book yet. I usually see something like - if (expression) { statement; } elsif (expression) {

Re: could use an audit

2003-12-14 Thread Kenton Brede
On Fri, Dec 12, 2003 at 06:20:45PM -0600, Kenton Brede wrote: > I've cobbled some code together that will allow me to parse a file Thanks all for your help. I've learned a ton:) Kent -- "I am always doing that which I can not do, in order that I may learn how to do it

Re: Split question

2003-12-13 Thread Kenton Brede
On Sat, Dec 13, 2003 at 09:16:35PM -0800, Perl wrote: > Hi, >i am new to Perl. >here is my question > > i have a character string like abc#def#ghi#jkl > > i want to split the string based on the delimiter # so that i get > something like this : > > abc def ghi jkl > > Bu

could use an audit

2003-12-12 Thread Kenton Brede
I've cobbled some code together that will allow me to parse a file snarfing 4 lines which consist of server name and Daily output of bandwith usage. I've pasted an example of what I have at the bottom of this mail. If anyone would like to take the time to show me how it should really be done I wo