Rob Dixon <rob.di...@gmx.com> writes: >> And then (trying to print just the time column >> perl -i -n -a -e 'print @F[6];' ping.lst >> >> But there is no output at all. > > The -i option calls for in-place editing, where the output from Perl > replaces the input file. Take a look at ping.lst and you should find > your output. If you want to see the output on the console, just remove > -i and, if you would prefer to see each item on a separate line, add -l > like this > > perl -l -n -a -e 'print @F[6]' ping.lst
Egad, that was a dimwitted oversight about -i. Thanks, that small script shows a nice way to make use of perl similarly and as handy as awk. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: beginners-unsubscr...@perl.org For additional commands, e-mail: beginners-h...@perl.org http://learn.perl.org/
