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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting gawk to remove last character in a line or string Post 302707343 by jim mcnamara on Friday 28th of September 2012 11:32:44 AM
Old 09-28-2012
You can use sub or gsub - but it is not any "neater" than any other function, IMO.
Code:
print $2 "/" gsub(":$", "", $4, )

 

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Gtk2::SourceView2::PrintCompositor(3pm) 		User Contributed Perl Documentation		   Gtk2::SourceView2::PrintCompositor(3pm)

NAME
Gtk2::SourceView2::PrintCompositor HIERARCHY
Glib::Object +----Gtk2::SourceView2::PrintCompositor METHODS
printcompositor = Gtk2::SourceView2::PrintCompositor->new ($buffer) o $buffer (Gtk2::SourceView2::Buffer) printcompositor = Gtk2::SourceView2::PrintCompositor->new_from_view ($view) o $view (Gtk2::SourceView2::View) string = $compositor->get_body_font_name $compositor->set_body_font_name ($font_name) o $font_name (string) double = $compositor->get_bottom_margin ($unit) o $unit (Gtk2::Unit) $compositor->set_bottom_margin ($margin, $unit) o $margin (double) o $unit (Gtk2::Unit) buffer = $compositor->get_buffer $compositor->draw_page ($context, $page_nr) o $context (Gtk2::PrintContext) o $page_nr (integer) string = $compositor->get_footer_font_name $compositor->set_footer_font_name ($font_name) o $font_name (string or undef) $compositor->set_footer_format ($separator, $left, $center, $right) o $separator (boolean) o $left (string or undef) o $center (string or undef) o $right (string or undef) string = $compositor->get_header_font_name $compositor->set_header_font_name ($font_name) o $font_name (string or undef) $compositor->set_header_format ($separator, $left, $center, $right) o $separator (boolean) o $left (string or undef) o $center (string or undef) o $right (string or undef) boolean = $compositor->get_highlight_syntax $compositor->set_highlight_syntax ($highlight) o $highlight (boolean) double = $compositor->get_left_margin ($unit) o $unit (Gtk2::Unit) $compositor->set_left_margin ($margin, $unit) o $margin (double) o $unit (Gtk2::Unit) string = $compositor->get_line_numbers_font_name $compositor->set_line_numbers_font_name ($font_name) o $font_name (string or undef) integer = $compositor->get_n_pages boolean = $compositor->paginate ($context) o $context (Gtk2::PrintContext) double = $compositor->get_pagination_progress boolean = $compositor->get_print_footer $compositor->set_print_footer ($print) o $print (boolean) boolean = $compositor->get_print_header $compositor->set_print_header ($print) o $print (boolean) integer = $compositor->get_print_line_numbers $compositor->set_print_line_numbers ($interval) o $interval (integer) double = $compositor->get_right_margin ($unit) o $unit (Gtk2::Unit) $compositor->set_right_margin ($margin, $unit) o $margin (double) o $unit (Gtk2::Unit) integer = $compositor->get_tab_width $compositor->set_tab_width ($width) o $width (integer) double = $compositor->get_top_margin ($unit) o $unit (Gtk2::Unit) $compositor->set_top_margin ($margin, $unit) o $margin (double) o $unit (Gtk2::Unit) wrapmode = $compositor->get_wrap_mode $compositor->set_wrap_mode ($wrap_mode) o $wrap_mode (Gtk2::WrapMode) PROPERTIES
'body-font-name' (string : default undef : readable / writable) Name of the font to use for the text body (e.g. "Monospace 10") 'buffer' (Gtk2::SourceView2::Buffer : default undef : readable / writable / construct-only) The GtkSourceBuffer object to print 'footer-font-name' (string : default undef : readable / writable) Name of the font to use for the page footer (e.g. "Monospace 10") 'header-font-name' (string : default undef : readable / writable) Name of the font to use for the page header (e.g. "Monospace 10") 'highlight-syntax' (boolean : default true : readable / writable) Whether to print the document with highlighted syntax 'line-numbers-font-name' (string : default undef : readable / writable) Name of the font to use for the line numbers (e.g. "Monospace 10") 'n-pages' (integer : default -1 : readable) The number of pages in the document (-1 means the document has not been completely paginated). 'print-footer' (boolean : default false : readable / writable) Whether to print a footer in each page 'print-header' (boolean : default false : readable / writable) Whether to print a header in each page 'print-line-numbers' (Glib::UInt : default 1 : readable / writable) Interval of printed line numbers (0 means no numbers) 'tab-width' (Glib::UInt : default 8 : readable / writable) Width of a tab character expressed in spaces 'wrap-mode' (Gtk2::WrapMode : default "none" : readable / writable) Whether to wrap lines never, at word boundaries, or at character boundaries. ENUMS AND FLAGS
enum Gtk2::Unit o 'pixel' / 'GTK_UNIT_PIXEL' o 'points' / 'GTK_UNIT_POINTS' o 'inch' / 'GTK_UNIT_INCH' o 'mm' / 'GTK_UNIT_MM' enum Gtk2::WrapMode o 'none' / 'GTK_WRAP_NONE' o 'char' / 'GTK_WRAP_CHAR' o 'word' / 'GTK_WRAP_WORD' o 'word-char' / 'GTK_WRAP_WORD_CHAR' SEE ALSO
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