Just a idea :
#!/usr/bin/perl -w
use strict;
my $old_file="address.txt";
open(OLD,$old_file) || die "can not open $old_file for reading: $!";
while(){
s/\#(.+)$/Apt $1/ if /.ADDRESS\s+1/;
print;
}
__END__
José.
> -Original Message-
> From: Zary Necheva [mailto:[EMAIL
$variable = "..ADDRESS 1 OR 2"; # here you'll need to assign the variable
perl will check to see if it's address 1 or address 2 from the file.
if ($variable eq "..ADDRESS 1" ) {
s/\#/Apt/g; # subs # for "Apt"
s/\(//g; # removes (
s/\)//g; # removes )
}
some clever regex expert may be
