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Top Forums UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers extract last word on line to new file Post 20703 by michieka on Thursday 2nd of May 2002 11:13:55 AM
Old 05-02-2002
I got it...! I needed to remove the dots/periods first.
How could I have done this in one command?

sed 's/[.]//g' < names > names3
sed 's/[a-zA-Z]* //g' < names3 >names4
 

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reset - Set the internal pointer of an array to its first element

SYNOPSIS
mixed reset (array &$array) DESCRIPTION
reset(3) rewinds $array's internal pointer to the first element and returns the value of the first array element. PARAMETERS
o $array - The input array. RETURN VALUES
Returns the value of the first array element, or FALSE if the array is empty. EXAMPLES
Example #1 reset(3) example <?php $array = array('step one', 'step two', 'step three', 'step four'); // by default, the pointer is on the first element echo current($array) . "<br /> "; // "step one" // skip two steps next($array); next($array); echo current($array) . "<br /> "; // "step three" // reset pointer, start again on step one reset($array); echo current($array) . "<br /> "; // "step one" ?> SEE ALSO
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