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Top Forums UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers Cutting the first 8 chars of a 2nd column Post 302178975 by era on Wednesday 26th of March 2008 05:34:19 PM
Old 03-26-2008
Sure, no offense, it just seemed kind of tangential to what the OP was asking for. Hope I managed to entertain more than disturb.
 

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Regexp::Common::profanity(3)				User Contributed Perl Documentation			      Regexp::Common::profanity(3)

NAME
Regexp::Common::profanity -- provide regexes for profanity SYNOPSIS
use Regexp::Common qw /profanity/; while (<>) { /$RE{profanity}/ and print "Contains profanity "; } DESCRIPTION
Please consult the manual of Regexp::Common for a general description of the works of this interface. Do not use this module directly, but load it via Regexp::Common. $RE{profanity} Returns a pattern matching words -- such as Carlin's "big seven" -- that are most likely to give offense. Note that correct anatomical terms are deliberately not included in the list. Under "-keep" (see Regexp::Common): $1 captures the entire word $RE{profanity}{contextual} Returns a pattern matching words that are likely to give offense when used in specific contexts, but which also have genuinely non- offensive meanings. Under "-keep" (see Regexp::Common): $1 captures the entire word SEE ALSO
Regexp::Common for a general description of how to use this interface. AUTHOR
Damian Conway (damian@conway.org) MAINTAINANCE
This package is maintained by Abigail (regexp-common@abigail.be). BUGS AND IRRITATIONS
Bound to be plenty. For a start, there are many common regexes missing. Send them in to regexp-common@abigail.be. LICENSE and COPYRIGHT This software is Copyright (c) 2001 - 2009, Damian Conway and Abigail. This module is free software, and maybe used under any of the following licenses: 1) The Perl Artistic License. See the file COPYRIGHT.AL. 2) The Perl Artistic License 2.0. See the file COPYRIGHT.AL2. 3) The BSD Licence. See the file COPYRIGHT.BSD. 4) The MIT Licence. See the file COPYRIGHT.MIT. perl v5.18.2 2013-03-08 Regexp::Common::profanity(3)
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