Robert Citek schreef:
> Why do these two commands not produce the same output?
>
> $ perl -le 'print join("--", split(/: /, "a: b"))'
> a--b
>
> $ echo 'a: b' | perl -F'/: /' -lane 'print join("--", @F)'
> a: b
>
> From reading 'perldoc perlrun' the -F option should behave just like
> the pattern to split. What am I missing?
Use -MO=Deparse to investigate the regenerated Perl code.
The '/: /' results in split(m[/:], $_, 0)
Try '/:\s/' and '/:\x20/' too.
It seems that a space in the -F-delimiter creates problems.
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