[CS-FSLUG] regexp help
Robert W.
robertwo at access-4-free.com
Thu Nov 11 20:32:36 CST 2004
On 11/11/2004 07:36:38 PM, Tim Young wrote:
> Yup. I guess it does work. Just goes to show there is a zillion
> ways
> to do it
> with Linux tools. Anyone want to try to find a command-line with
> less
> characters
> than Frank's?
>
> - Tim Young
I can't resist...
perl -pi -e 's/(\w)-(\w)/$1--$2/'
My test file looks like...
abc-def
-ghi
jkl-
xyz
lmno--pqr
After the above command, it looks like...
abc--def
-ghi
jkl-
xyz
lmno--pqr
One note, the "\w" matches alphanumeric and an underscore.
--
Robert W.
robertwo at access-4-free.com
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