----- Original Message ----- 
From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, April 17, 2001 6:22 AM
Subject: Scan help


> I have a variable that contains "\rmcnt\public", I want to change it to
> "\\\\rmcnt\\public <\\\\rmcnt\\public>  " 
> 


Hi Bill,

#!perl -w
$var = '\rmcnt\public';# can't use double quotes and single slashes

$var =~ s/\\/\\\\/g;

$final = "\\\\$var <\\\\$var>";

print "$final\n"; # prints '\\\\rmcnt\\public <\\\\rmcnt\\public>'

Cheers,
Rob

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