Muthukumar wrote:
It is correct. You can try as,# echo " hi this is a room ok" | perl -ne 'if ( /\s*.*\sroom.*\s*/ ) { s/ room//;}print;' # hi this is a ok
Hi you the man I cant believe I was sooo stupid in not thinking of your solution. thanks again Brent Clark -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://learn.perl.org/> <http://learn.perl.org/first-response>