03-19-2009
Need help to modify perl script: Text file with line and more than 1 space
Dear Friends,
I am beginner in Perl and trying to find the problem in a script. Kindly help me to modify the script. My script is not giving the output for the last field and followed text (LA: Language English). Input file & script as follows:
Input file:
Thu Mar 19 2:34:14 EDT 2009
STC
Data query:
Record 1 of 1
DN: Data Name
Information Sciences
TI: Title
Distribution and abundance of bound volumes of the file in institute
shelves from 1978
AU: Author
Sahu, SR; Gawas, AKG
AF: Affiliation
Inst. of document scanning and documentation profiling at library,
toward the prograssive society and establishment
SO: Source
Test document file. Vol. 5, no. 1, pp. 1-14. Jul 1990.
DE: Descriptors
Article Subject Terms: Abundance; Ecological distribution;
Geographical distribution; Life cycle; Zooplankton; Article Taxonomic
Terms: Euphausia; Article Geographic Terms: ISW,
LA: Language
English
Perl Script:
#!/usr/bin/perl -w
my $found_f = 0;
my ($lastline, $line);
open (INPUTFILE, "test.txt");
while (<INPUTFILE>)
{
chomp;
if (/^[A-Z]{2}:\s/) {
$lastline = $line;
$line = $_;
$found_f = 1;
}
elsif (! /^[A-Z]{2}:\s/ && $found_f) {
s/^ {4}/ /;
$line .= $_;
next;
}
elsif (/^$/) {
$lastline = ' ';
$found_f =0;
}
print "$lastline\n";
Kindly help me in modifying the script to proceed further
Last edited by srsahu75; 03-19-2009 at 08:29 AM..
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net::sieve::script
Net::Sieve::Script(3pm) User Contributed Perl Documentation Net::Sieve::Script(3pm)
NAME
Net::Sieve::Script - Parse and write sieve scripts
SYNOPSIS
use Net::Sieve::Script;
my $test_script = 'require "fileinto";
# Place all these in the "Test" folder
if header :contains "Subject" "[Test]" {
fileinto "Test";
}';
my $script = Net::Sieve::Script->new ($test_script);
print "OK" if ( $script->parsing_ok ) ;
print $script->write_script;
or
my $script = Net::Sieve::Script->new();
my $cond = Net::Sieve::Script::Condition->new('header');
$cond->match_type(':contains');
$cond->header_list('"Subject"');
$cond->key_list('"Re: Test2"');
my $actions = 'fileinto "INBOX.test"; stop;';
my $rule = Net::Sieve::Script::Rule->new();
$rule->add_condition($cond);
$rule->add_action($actions);
$script->add_rule($rule);
print $script->write_script;
DESCRIPTION
Manage sieve script
Read and parse file script, make Net::Sieve::Script::Rule, Net::Sieve::Script::Action, Net::Sieve::Script::Condition objects
Write sieve script
Support RFC 5228 - sieve base
RFC 5231 - relationnal
RFC 5230 - vacation
Draft regex
missing
5229 variables
5232 imapflags
5233 subaddress
5235 spamtest
notify draft
CONSTRUCTOR
new
Argument : optional text script
Purpose : if param, put script in raw, parse script
Return : main Script object
Accessors :
->raw() : read or set original text script
->require() : require part of script
->rules() : array of rules
->max_priority() : last rule id
METHODS
parsing_ok
return 1 on raw parsing success
write_script
Purpose : write full script, require and rules parts
Return : set current require,
return rules ordered by priority in text format
equals
$object->equals($test_object): return 1 if $object and $test_object are equals
read_rules
$script->read_rules() : read rules from raw
$script->read_rules($some_text) : parse text rules
use of read_rules set $script->rules()
Return 1 on success
find_rule
Return Net::Sieve::Script::Rule pointer find by priority
Return 0 on error, 1 on not find
swap_rules
Swap priorities,
now don't take care of if/else/elsif
Return 1 on success, 0 on error
reorder_rules
Reorder rules with a list of number, start with 1, and with blanck separator. Usefull for ajax sort functions.
Thank you jeanne for your help in brain storming.
Return 1 on success, 0 on error
delete_rule
Delete rule and change priority, delete rule take care for 'if' test
if deleted is 'if'
delete next if next is 'else'
change next in 'if' next is 'elsif'
Return : 1 on success, 0 on error
add_rule
Purpose : add a rule in end of script
Return : priority on success, 0 on error
Argument : Net::Sieve::Script::Rule object
BUGS
Rewrite a hand made script will lose comments. Verify parsing success with parsing_ok method before write a new script.
SUPPORT
Please report any bugs or feature requests to "bug-net-sieve-script at rt.cpan.org", or through the web interface at
<http://rt.cpan.org/NoAuth/ReportBug.html?Queue=Net-Sieve-Script>. I will be notified, and then you'll automatically be notified of
progress on your bug as I make changes.
AUTHOR
Yves Agostini - Univ Metz - <agostini@univ-metz.fr>
<http://www.crium.univ-metz.fr>
COPYRIGHT
Copyright 2008 Yves Agostini - <agostini@univ-metz.fr>
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.
The full text of the license can be found in the LICENSE file included with this module.
SEE ALSO
Net::Sieve
perl v5.10.0 2008-09-15 Net::Sieve::Script(3pm)