On Jun 24, Kevin Pfeiffer said: >>> sed '/zone "domain.com" {/,/};/d' /etc/named.conf > newfile >>> >>> How might one do this in Perl? >> >> perl -ne 'print unless /zone "domain.com" {/ .. /};/' \ >> /etc/named.conf > newfile > >Cool, I didn't think of Perl's range operator "..".
Don't be fooled. Just because it looks like a duck doesn't mean it's a duck. In this case, the .. operator is the flip-flop operator. In scalar context, .. is flip-flop, while in list context, .. is range. perldoc perlop -- Jeff "japhy" Pinyan [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.pobox.com/~japhy/ RPI Acacia brother #734 http://www.perlmonks.org/ http://www.cpan.org/ <stu> what does y/// stand for? <tenderpuss> why, yansliterate of course. [ I'm looking for programming work. If you like my work, let me know. ] -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]