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Top Forums UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers Perl Regex Help!!! Post 302540818 by radoulov on Thursday 21st of July 2011 04:22:23 PM
Old 07-21-2011
Given the following example log files:

Code:
% head log[12]
==> log1 <==
xxxxx
=====
dasdas gwdgsg fdsagfsag agsdfag 
=====
random data
=====

==> log2 <==
xxxxx
=====
dasdas gwdgsg fdsagfsag agsdfag 
=====
=====


You can do something like this:

Code:
perl -nle'
  next if /^=+/ and ++$c <= 2;
  print /^=/ ? "OK" : $_ and exit
    if $c >= 2;  
  ' logfile

For example:


Code:
% perl -nle'  
  next if /^=+/ and ++$c <= 2;
  print /^=/ ? "OK" : $_ and exit
    if $c >= 2;
  ' log2
OK
% perl -nle'
  next if /^=+/ and ++$c <= 2;
  print /^=/ ? "OK" : $_ and exit
    if $c >= 2;
  ' log1
random data

 

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LOG(3)							   BSD Library Functions Manual 						    LOG(3)

NAME

     log, log2, log10, log1p, -- logarithm functions

SYNOPSIS

     #include <math.h>

     double
     log(double x);

     double
     log2(double x);

     double
     log10(double x);

     double
     log1p(double x);

DESCRIPTION

     The log() function computes the value of the natural logarithm of argument x.

     The log2() function computes the value of the logarithm of argument x to base 2.

     The log10() function computes the value of the logarithm of argument x to base 10.

     The log1p() function computes the value of log(1+x) accurately even for very small values of x.

SPECIAL VALUES

     log(+-0) , log2(+-0) , and log10(+-0) return -infinity and raise the "divide-by-zero" floating-point exception.

     log(1) , log2(1) , and log10(1) return +0.

     log(x) , log2(x) , and log10(x) return a NaN and raise the "invalid" floating-point exception for x < 0.

     log(+infinity) , log2(+infinity) , and log10(+infinity) return +infinity.

     log1p(+-0) returns +-0.

     log1p(-1) returns -infinity and raises the "divide-by-zero" floating-point exception.

     log1p(x) returns a NaN and raises the "invalid" floating-point exception for x < -1.

     log1p(+infinity) returns +infinity.

SEE ALSO

     math(3), exp(3), exp2(3), expm1(3), pow(3), infnan(3)

STANDARDS

     The log() , log2() , log10() , and log1p() functions conform to ISO/IEC 9899:1999(E).

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