On Thu, Dec 13, 2001 at 03:01:43PM +0000, Mohit Agarwal wrote: > On Thu, Dec 13, 2001 at 02:49:05PM +0100, Sven Neuhaus wrote: > > y/A-Za-z/A-Za-z/>2&&y/0-9/0-9/>1 > > or the shorter > > $a=$_;y/A-Za-z//>2&&y/0-9//>1 > > that will mungle the password in $_ but keep a good copy in $a. > > Why will it mungle the password in $_ ???
It won't - I was confusing it with the behavior of some tr programs. So it's y/A-Za-z//>2&&y/0-9//>1 Too bad you can't write y/A-Za-z// > y/0-9// > 1 ;-) -Sven -- Menu, n.: A list of dishes which the restaurant has just run out of.