I don't have REXX on my SuSE SLES7. This is a minimal system which I downloaded from the Internet quite some time ago for use at home under Hercules/390 (just for my learning how to install). When I told management (bad John!) they decided that this was excellent since there would be NO capital outlay for this. Paugh!
-- John McKown Senior Systems Programmer UICI Insurance Center Applications & Solutions Team +1.817.255.3225 This message (including any attachments) contains confidential information intended for a specific individual and purpose, and its' content is protected by law. If you are not the intended recipient, you should delete this message and are hereby notified that any disclosure, copying, or distribution of this transmission, or taking any action based on it, is strictly prohibited. > -----Original Message----- > From: Coffin Michael C [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, July 28, 2003 9:49 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Stripping trailing blanks? > > > Hi John, > > Since you already know REXX (and it's a great string handling > language) why > not just use Regina REXX? If you are running a SuSE distribution it's > probably already installed: > > regina -h > > Michael Coffin, VM Systems Programmer > Internal Revenue Service - Room�6030 > 1111 Constitution Avenue, N.W. > Washington, D.C.� 20224 > > Voice: (202)�927-4188�� FAX:� (202) 622-6726 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: McKown, John [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, July 28, 2003 10:41 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Stripping trailing blanks? > > > Thanks. I hadn't thought of anchoring the pattern to the end > of the line. > > > -- > John McKown > Senior Systems Programmer > UICI Insurance Center > Applications & Solutions Team > +1.817.255.3225 > > This message (including any attachments) contains > confidential information > intended for a specific individual and purpose, and its' content is > protected by law. If you are not the intended recipient, you > should delete > this message and are hereby notified that any disclosure, copying, or > distribution of this transmission, or taking any action based > on it, is > strictly prohibited. > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: John Summerfield [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Monday, July 28, 2003 9:33 AM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: Re: Stripping trailing blanks? > > > > > > On Mon, 28 Jul 2003, McKown, John wrote: > > > <snip> > > > $new1 = reverse($_); > > > $_ = $new1; > > > s/ *(.*)/\1/; > > s/ +$//; # or something like. > > <snip> > > > > > The dollar in my regex represents end of line. If I have it > right, it > > will change one or more consecutive spaces at the end of > line to null. > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > > Cheers > > John. > > > > Join the "Linux Support by Small Businesses" list at > > http://mail.computerdatasafe.com.au/mailman/listinfo/lssb > > Copyright John Summerfield. Reproduction prohibited. > > >
