On Sat, Jan 10, 2004 at 11:39:07PM +0100, Björn Andersson wrote: > On Sat, Jan 10, 2004 at 10:33:08PM +0000, Matthew Seaman wrote: > > On Sat, Jan 10, 2004 at 02:10:36PM -0800, Gary Kline wrote:
> > > Folks,
> > > Let's see if perl can do this one; it's as obscure a task
> > > as I've run into. I have scores of files with:
> > > A regular sentence, or phrase. then_one_containing_underscores_-
> > > between_each_word Followed by another regular, space-delimited
> > > sentence. Followed_by_another_string_with_underscaores.
> > > Is there a perl way to get rid of the
> > > string_containing_underscores and leave the regular sntences??
> > perl -pi.bak -e 's/\s+\w+_\w+\.?//;' filename
> If this occures more than once on a line we should have the line as this:
> perl -pi.bak -e 's/\s+\w+_\w+\.?//g;' filename
Good point. Also, if the stuff_separated_by_underscores wraps around
onto more than one line, then there may not be any leading whitespace:
perl -pi.bak -e 's/\s*\w+_\w+\.?//g;' filename
cheers,
Matthew
--
Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 26 The Paddocks
Savill Way
PGP: http://www.infracaninophile.co.uk/pgpkey Marlow
Tel: +44 1628 476614 Bucks., SL7 1TH UK
pgp00000.pgp
Description: PGP signature
