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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting Shift Question (Perl) Post 302275572 by summer_cherry on Sunday 11th of January 2009 08:00:10 AM
Old 01-11-2009
amend below %hash accordingly should help you some.

Code:
%hash=(Jan,"01",Jul,"07",UC,"Union City");
open FH,"<a.txt";
while(<FH>){
	@arr=split("-",$_);
	$arr[0]= ($hash{$arr[0]})?$hash{$arr[0]}:ucfirst($arr[0]);
	$arr[2]= $hash{substr($arr[2],0,3)};
	print join "-",@arr;
}

 

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SKY(6)								   Games Manual 							    SKY(6)

NAME

       sky - science fiction adventure game

DESCRIPTION

       A  science-fiction  thriller  set in a bleak post-apocalyptic vision of the future, Beneath a Steel Sky revolves around "Union City", where
       selfishness, rivalry, and corruption by its citizens seems to be all too common, those who can afford it live underground,  away  from  the
       pollution and social problems which are plaguing the city.

       You  take  on  the  role  of Robert Foster, an outcast of sorts from the city since a boy who was raised in a remote environment outside of
       Union City simply termed "the gap".  Robert's mother took him away from Union City as a child on their way to "Hobart" but  the	helicopter
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       Years  later, Union City security drops by and abducts Robert, killing his tribe in the process; upon reaching the city the helicopter tak-
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HISTORY

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AUTHOR

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