Greetings,
With help from this list (thank you), I have a Unix filter that adds
1 to a specific number in a text file, within a group of ads.
The line of text that changes:
ADNUM:
so the first ad looks includes this:
ADNUM: 1
second, ADNUM: 2
and so on.
The filter:
#!/usr/local/bin/perl -p
s/(ADNUM: )\d+/$1 . ++$x/ge;
Is it possible to make the ADNUM: the current date + a number and
then add 1?
So each ad would have:
ADNUM: 322071
next would be: ADNUM: 322072
and so on.
I don't know where to start to make the date automatic, so I am
changing the date manually.
I am very new at this... but I am trying.
My closest attempt is this:
#!/usr/local/bin/perl -p
$z = "32207";
s/(ADNUM: )\d+/$1+$z . ++$x/ge;
The number is changing as I desire, however, now "ADNUM:" does not
appear (actually it is there at the start and the filter takes it away.)
So each ad has:
322071
second, 322072
What I am trying to do is give each ad a unique number to avoid
confusion. Currently, if a file is done today and another file is
done tomorrow, we end up with the same number for 2 different ads.
Thanks in advance for any help or advice.
Mike Freyberger
GA Press Association
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