On Fri, 29 Jan 2010 11:23:54 +0200 Johann Spies <jsp...@sun.ac.za> wrote: > I know this is a python list but if you really want to get the job > done quickly this is one method without writing python code: > [...] > $ grep -v 0 /tmp/y > tmp/z
There's plenty of ways to do it without writing Python. C, C++, Perl, Forth, Awk, BASIC, Intercal, etc. So what? Besides, your solution doesn't work. You want "grep -vw 0 /tmp/y > tmp/z" and even then it doesn't meet the requirements. It extracts the lines the OP wants but doesn't reformat them. It also assumes a Unix system or at least something with grep installed so it isn't portable. If you want to see how the same task can be done in many different languages see http://www.roesler-ac.de/wolfram/hello.htm. -- D'Arcy J.M. Cain <da...@druid.net> | Democracy is three wolves http://www.druid.net/darcy/ | and a sheep voting on +1 416 425 1212 (DoD#0082) (eNTP) | what's for dinner. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
