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Old 07-17-2007
using wildcards in this perl command
Hi there,

is it possible to use wild cards in this statement

Code:
ssh $remote_server 'perl -pi -e "s,EXP_SERIAL_19b8be67=\"\",EXP_SERIAL_`hostid`=\"UNKNOWN\"," /var/myfile'

This command works fine but the bit in bold (the 8 character hostid) will not always be 19b8be67 so I was hoping I could use some sort of wildcard that indicates the 8 characters directly after EXP_SERIAL_

ie something like

Code:
ssh $remote_server 'perl -pi -e "s,EXP_SERIAL_$$$$$$$$=\"\",EXP_SERIAL_`hostid`=\"UNKNOWN\"," /var/myfile'


Does anybody know how I could achieve this?

Cheers
# 2  
Old 07-17-2007
ok so I found out that "?" matches to an individual character so i tried


Code:
ssh $remote_server 'perl -pi -e "s,EXP_SERIAL_????????=\"\",EXP_SERIAL_`hostid`=\"UNKNOWN\"," /var/myfile'

and I got the error

Code:
/EXP_SERIAL_????????/: nested *?+ in regexp at -e line 1.

maybe I cant use/nest a regex in here afterallSmilie
# 3  
Old 07-17-2007
ok so ive answered my own question

instead of
Code:
????????

is used
Code:
.*=

where = is the next character after the 8 hostid numbers
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