If the sample data shown in post #1 is representative of the actual data that is to be processed and you don't want the extra <space> in the output produced by changing the field 2 value to an empty string, one could also try:
which just prints the first and last field from each input line.
This User Gave Thanks to Don Cragun For This Post:
I have searched the forum for this - forgive me if I missed a previous post.
I have the following file:
blah blah blah
blah blah blah
blah blah blah
blah blah blah
blah blah blah
alter table "informix".esc_acct add constraint (foreign key (fi_id)
references "informix".fi ... (5 Replies)
Hi,
I am having trouble converting a text file. I have been working for this whole day now, still i couldn't make it.
Here is how the text file looks:
_______________________________________________________
DEVICE STATUS INFORMATION FOR LOCATION 1:
OPER STATES: Disabled E:Enabled ... (5 Replies)
I have a text file
Nov 1 LOG_10_000000343.gzip_COMPLETE 2910 server.log.3
Nov 4 LOG_10_000000343.gzip_COMPLETE 2910 server.log.4
Dec 5 LOG_10_000000343.gzip_blah 2910 server.log.5
Jul 6 LOG_10_000000343.gzip_ERROR 2910 server.log.1
I need to convert this to
Nov 1 LOG_10_000000343.gzip... (3 Replies)
Hey folks
I have a big file that contains junk data between the tags <point> and </point> and I need to delete it (including `<point>' and `</point>').
i.e.
a = 1
<point>
123123
2342352
234231
234256
</point>
print a
needs to become
a = 1
print a
I'm certain that this is a... (10 Replies)
Hello everyone...I have large txt file and I would like to remove unwanted specific line.
My data is like this:
So I would like to remove from line below No. until line reassambled like this:
Thanks... (4 Replies)
Hi
I am having some issue editing a file in sed.
What I want to do is, in a loop pass a variable to a sed command. Sed should then search a file for a line that matches that variable, then remove all lines below until it reaches a line starting with a constant.
I have managed to write a... (14 Replies)
Hi everybody,
I have a folder with many files:
Files with 8 columns:
X 123 A B C D E F
And files with 7 columns:
X1234 A B C D E F
I am trying to find a way to extract the 5th column when the files have eight columns, or the 4th column when the files have... (3 Replies)
Hi,
I would like to ask your expertise to remove specific column no. 8 in the below file using but I don't have an idea on how to simply do this using awk command. Appreciate your help in advance.
Input f:
ABC 1 1XC
CDA 1 2YC
CCC 1 3XC
AVD 1 3XA
Expected output file:
ABC 1 1C
CDA... (9 Replies)
Hi All, I will need an help with respect to replacing a range of columns on a non-delimited file using a particular string pattern.
Say file input is
MYNUMBERD000000-BAN CHUE INSNTS ** N+
MYAREDSDD000000+BAN CHUE INSNTS ** N+
MYDERFFFSD00000-GIR PENT - ACH ** ... (5 Replies)
In the awk piped to sed below I am trying to format file by removing the odd xxxx_digits and whitespace after, then move the even xxxx_digit to the line above it and add a space between them. There may be multiple lines in file but they are in the same format. The Filename_ID line is the last line... (4 Replies)
Discussion started by: cmccabe
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LEARN ABOUT DEBIAN
devel::refcount
Devel::Refcount(3pm) User Contributed Perl Documentation Devel::Refcount(3pm)NAME
"Devel::Refcount" - obtain the REFCNT value of a referent
SYNOPSIS
use Devel::Refcount qw( refcount );
my $anon = [];
print "Anon ARRAY $anon has " . refcount($anon) . " reference
";
my $otherref = $anon;
print "Anon ARRAY $anon now has " . refcount($anon) . " references
";
DESCRIPTION
This module provides a single function which obtains the reference count of the object being pointed to by the passed reference value.
FUNCTIONS
$count = refcount($ref)
Returns the reference count of the object being pointed to by $ref.
COMPARISON WITH SvREFCNT
This function differs from "Devel::Peek::SvREFCNT" in that SvREFCNT() gives the reference count of the SV object itself that it is passed,
whereas refcount() gives the count of the object being pointed to. This allows it to give the count of any referent (i.e. ARRAY, HASH,
CODE, GLOB and Regexp types) as well.
Consider the following example program:
use Devel::Peek qw( SvREFCNT );
use Devel::Refcount qw( refcount );
sub printcount
{
my $name = shift;
printf "%30s has SvREFCNT=%d, refcount=%d
",
$name, SvREFCNT($_[0]), refcount($_[0]);
}
my $var = [];
printcount 'Initially, $var', $var;
my $othervar = $var;
printcount 'Before CODE ref, $var', $var;
printcount '$othervar', $othervar;
my $code = sub { undef $var };
printcount 'After CODE ref, $var', $var;
printcount '$othervar', $othervar;
This produces the output
Initially, $var has SvREFCNT=1, refcount=1
Before CODE ref, $var has SvREFCNT=1, refcount=2
$othervar has SvREFCNT=1, refcount=2
After CODE ref, $var has SvREFCNT=2, refcount=2
$othervar has SvREFCNT=1, refcount=2
Here, we see that SvREFCNT() counts the number of references to the SV object passed in as the scalar value - the $var or $othervar
respectively, whereas refcount() counts the number of reference values that point to the referent object - the anonymous ARRAY in this
case.
Before the CODE reference is constructed, both $var and $othervar have SvREFCNT() of 1, as they exist only in the current lexical pad. The
anonymous ARRAY has a refcount() of 2, because both $var and $othervar store a reference to it.
After the CODE reference is constructed, the $var variable now has an SvREFCNT() of 2, because it also appears in the lexical pad for the
new anonymous CODE block.
PURE-PERL FALLBACK
An XS implementation of this function is provided, and is used by default. If the XS library cannot be loaded, a fallback implementation in
pure perl using the "B" module is used instead. This will behave identically, but is much slower.
Rate pp xs
pp 225985/s -- -66%
xs 669570/s 196% --
SEE ALSO
o Test::Refcount - assert reference counts on objects
AUTHOR
Paul Evans <leonerd@leonerd.org.uk>
perl v5.14.2 2011-11-15 Devel::Refcount(3pm)