Prabu schreef: > To print line other than 5th one > perl -ne 'print "$_" if $. != 5' filename
I would make that perl -wne 'print qq{$_} if $. != 5' filename or perl -wne 'print if $. != 5' filename or better perl -wne 'print unless $. == 5' filename or maybe even perl -wne '$. == 5 or print' filename and certainly mention to replace the outer '' by "" for Windows. BTW, perl -wpe 'next if $. == 5' doesn't work, see the -MO=Deparse output for the why. -- Affijn, Ruud "Gewoon is een tijger." -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://learn.perl.org/> <http://learn.perl.org/first-response>