Mike Blezien wrote: > > Hello all, Hello,
> I know this probably very simple and I've overlooked the obvious here, but I > have a flat file containing categories: > > Animations > Backgrounds > Buttons > Clip_Art > Dividers-Bars > Flash > Fonts > Icons > Interfaces > Member_Tools > Names > Photos > Presentations > Screen_Savers > Templates > Textures > Wallpaper > > Now what I am trying to do, is to read the file, the re-format the output to > have every 3 categories on one line, separated by a space, then each line end > with a <P>, IE: > > Animations Backgrounds Buttons<P> > Clip_Art Dividers-Bars Flash<P> > ... etc.... $ cat test.txt Animations Backgrounds Buttons Clip_Art Dividers-Bars Flash Fonts Icons Interfaces Member_Tools Names Photos Presentations Screen_Savers Templates Textures Wallpaper $ perl -pe'++$a%3?y/\n/ /:s/$/<P>/' test.txt Animations Backgrounds Buttons<P> Clip_Art Dividers-Bars Flash<P> Fonts Icons Interfaces<P> Member_Tools Names Photos<P> Presentations Screen_Savers Templates<P> John -- use Perl; program fulfillment -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
