Re: breaking-apart and printing an input file

> > Your data is perfect for the paragraph mode* of readline: > Ahh, I forgot about paragraph mode. > #!/usr/bin/perl > > use strict; > use warnings; > > my $user = shift; > my $regex = qr/\A$user/; > > local $/ = ''; > while (my $record = ) { > chomp $record; > if ($record =~ /$

Re: breaking-apart and printing an input file

On Thu, Feb 19, 2009 at 22:42, wrote: > I have a single input file with entries as follows: > > --snip-- > USER1 [20090101] note > bla bla bla > bla bla bla > > USER2 [20090104] note > bla bla bla > bla bla bla > > --snip-- > > What I'm trying to do is create a single-argument script which displa

Re: breaking-apart and printing an input file

pa...@compugenic.com wrote: > I have a single input file with entries as follows: > > --snip-- > USER1 [20090101] note > bla bla bla > bla bla bla > > USER2 [20090104] note > bla bla bla > bla bla bla > > --snip-- > > What I'm trying to do is create a single-argument script which displays > all

breaking-apart and printing an input file

I have a single input file with entries as follows: --snip-- USER1 [20090101] note bla bla bla bla bla bla USER2 [20090104] note bla bla bla bla bla bla --snip-- What I'm trying to do is create a single-argument script which displays all entries for a given user. So calling it as 'filter.pl us