1460 lines, at an average of say, oh, 70 characters per line, that's oh 100k or so? Sounds like a piece of cake... try it and see -y
On Fri, Aug 10, 2018 at 8:16 PM, ToddAndMargo <toddandma...@zoho.com> wrote: > Hi All, > > I was thinking of doing a > > $ p6 'my $x="a\nb\nc\nd\n"; say "$x\n"; $x ~~ s/ .*?c /c/; say "$x";' > a > b > c > d > > > c > d > > > Except the real deal will be across 1460 lines. Am I pushing the > limits? > > There are other ways of doing what I want. > > > Many thanks, > -T