Hello, I'm *BRAND NEW* to "the list" and have what may seem trivial to
some of you - but (because of the pressure here at-the-office) I'd
appreciate any help anyone could lend.
I'm simply writing a program that will search one file for a string - if
the string is found, replace it.
What I'm running up against is: if the string that I'm looking in
contains (1 or more) *'s, or +'s or .'s - I get an error.
The line that I'm looking in is (almost) such as: $original_ip_address
= deny+qfe1+tcp+*-*+0.0.0.0
(can ya guess this is a firewall packet screen?)
The syntax I'm using is:
if ($looking_for =~ /$original_ip_address//) { $i += 1 }
print "You Found A Match !\";
However, the "$original_ip_address" is about 100 character line with
multiple +'s, *'s, and .'s in it and I receive the error:
nested *?+ in regexp at ...line #, etc...
Lastly - I am (will be) prompting the user for input for an IP address
to look for, but I know I'll run up against the variable containing .'s
having problems. How (is there a way) to specify that a user input such
as 123.111.222.111 can be assigned to be '123.111.222.111' (with the
single quotes)
As you can see, what my objective is - is to find the user's input (of
an IP address) in a text file, and replace that IP address, (if found)
with a new one. (They the user is too, prompted with.)
I'm familiar enough with the s// syntax, but because of the dots, (.'s)
in both the variables, I know I'll run up against problems.
Any help?
My appreciation for your time in advance - I know how valuable all of
our time is.
Bill
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