--- Ton Hospel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > -p0 s/\G(.*)(.* > )(?=\1.\2|$)//g > > This should be about as efficient as a simple regex > approach gets. It's also the shortest yet :-) > It outputs starting from the first line that can't > be extended. No output means all lines work.
Excellent! That's more useful output too! 31 chars for the alien! There seemed to be a bug in previous versions (though to be honest not a serious one, one that could be considered as inviting a loosening of the specification) - if you added an extra blank line between two real lines, it would still pass. Funnily enough, my log file did have such a blank line. It also crashed on my 2500-line file. Your current one doesn't crash. Many thanks, all! Phil () ASCII ribbon campaign () Hopeless ribbon campaign /\ against HTML mail /\ against gratuitous bloodshed [stolen with permission from Daniel B. Cristofani] ____________________________________________________________________________________ Want to start your own business? Learn how on Yahoo! Small Business. http://smallbusiness.yahoo.com/r-index
