> $command =~ s/\-x// should work Note - the dash only needs to be escaped when its in a position to possibly denote a char range, so: s/-z//; and: s/a-z//; s/0-9//;
are okay, and: s/[a-z]//; does what you expect (removes first lower case letter). Sneaks up on you, though, in: s/[&[EMAIL PROTECTED]//; Thinking that's the 5 chars to remove, its actually 3 and then all the chars (ascii-ish) between '#' to '@' inclusive. You can do: s/[-&[EMAIL PROTECTED]//; and the dash is just a dash again. I missed the first part of this, but you may want a /g there to get all your '-x' instances. a Andy Bach, Sys. Mangler Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] VOICE: (608) 261-5738 FAX 264-5932 "If there be time to expose through discussion the falsehood and fallacies, to avert the evil by the process of education, the remedy to be applied is more speech, not enforced silence." Justice Louis Brandeis _______________________________________________ Perl-Unix-Users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe: http://listserv.ActiveState.com/mailman/mysubs
