07-26-2004
Thanks a lot for that , I have now got that working perfect !! I have one more question if i may (which i forgot to ask above) the file has 30 fields (and as such 30 commas) however, I dont need the last 15 fields for my program, so basically i want some way of removing these. I would like it to remove everything to the right the 15th comma (including that comma itself) I s this possible ?
thanks
Gary
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NAME
dpkg-ruby - Utility to read a dpkg style db file, dpkg-awk clone
SYNOPSIS
dpkg-ruby [(-f|--file) filename] [(-d|--debug) ##] [(-s|--sort) list] [(-n|--numeric) list] [(-rs|--rec_sep) ??] '<fieldname>:<regex>' ...
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--file filename
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-d [#]
--debug [#]
Each time this is specified, it increased the debug level.
-s field(s)
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A space or comma separated list of fields to sort on.
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Output this string at the end of each output paragraph.
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out_fieldname
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BUGS
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This program accesses the dpkg database directly in places, querying for data that cannot be gotten via dpkg.
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