On Tue, Nov 07, 2006 at 01:00:34AM +1100, John O'Hagan wrote: > On Monday 06 November 2006 18:38, David Jardine wrote: > > On Mon, Nov 06, 2006 at 11:27:58AM +1100, John O'Hagan wrote: > > [...] > > > > E.g., if IN contains: > > > > > > junk info 18 Pro > > > > But what if that line were: > > > > junk info 18 Pro- > > > > which seems more likely? > > > > [...] > > You're right; but the OP, Michael, gave the above scenario as his problem. If > your situation were the case, though, I guess we could use tr -d '-' to get > rid of all the hyphens first as well. >
But what if the preceding 'word' is literally "----" ;-)? -- Paul E Condon [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
