[ale] For you PERL Gurus

[Nomad the Wanderer]

There is a way in perl to do multi-line matches and you could do
something like

s/\n\n/ /g;

If you can't find it, let me know.

Robert

Thus spake Ryan Bridges (reb at techie.com):

> How would I make a perl script that would go through and replace line
> feeds with spaces unless the next line is blank?  chomping everything
> didn't work and I can't seem to come up with a s/ / / syntax that will get
> it right.  I've trid a few things and failed rather spectacularly.  I am
> using Mandrake and it comes with PERL 5.005 if that matters
> TIA, 
> Ryan
> 
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> Ryan Bridges <ryan at linuxgeneralstore.com>
> B.Gates : quality software :: R.McDonald : gourmet cuisine
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FYI:
 perl -e 'print $i=pack(c5,(41*2),sqrt(7056),(unpack(c,H)-2),oct(115),10);'