Hi Perlers, I typically will type the following to collect a specific column of data from some command's output:
# some_command | awk '{print $4}' I wanted to start using perl one-liners more often, so I thought I'd try the column thing first. This is what I came up with: # some_command | perl -pe '$_ = (split)[3] . "\n";' That feels/seems rather awkward. Is there an easier, "cleaner" way of doing this? --Errin -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://learn.perl.org/> <http://learn.perl.org/first-response>