>>>>> "GL" == Greg London <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
GL> $string =~ s{:}{\\:}g;
that converts the first : as well as the rest. he wants all but the
first escaped.
>> OH: If I was an Osc:ar Mayer Wiener, tha:t is what I:d Truly like to b:e
>> OH: If I was an Osc\:ar Mayer Wiener, tha\:t is what I\:d Truly like to b\:e
well i don't see any reason it can't be a one liner but not a single
regex: (tested)
perl -pe 'substr( $_, index( $_, ":") + 1 ) =~ s{:}{\\:}g'
modify to suit.
uri
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