Hello,
I am really a beginner not only to perl but to programming! but here my
question.
I have 300 files that I need to go thru. Each file has an embedded sql
query. I want to automatically pull out just the lines that represent the
query text. I cannot make grep do this task. There are several things that
I know to be true:
1. The beginning of the range always begins with the word "select"
2. The end of the range is always one line above a line that says:
"-- end of query"
3. The lines in between this "sandwich" can vary in number and do not have
good predictable features or rules.
I know that I will need some programming structure that reads through each
line of each file and when it finds the occurrence of the word "select" it
enters into a loop that ends when it finds the string "--end of query." It
then takes the chunk and outputs to a file.
Like I said, I am very new but any pointers would be helpful. I have been
told that perl is excellent for such a task and I may be able to get a
senior programmer here to help me with the loop structure if I can provide
him with the perl constructs needed. For instance, should I research the
array function in Perl? Any help would be SO SO appreciated! Thanks!!!
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