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# 15  
Old 09-07-2008
Hi Era,

Thanks a million. Your code works !!
But i am new to Perl and the below expression seems very complex.
Perhaps you can explain what does the below character's purpose when use in filtering to allow me to comprehend better.

Code:
my @lines = grep { /^([^.].*)?sorts$/ }

# 16  
Old 09-08-2008
[^.] matches any character except dot (or newline, implicitly)
.* matches any character (except newline) zero or more times, i.e. "any string of any length"
the question mark makes the whole thing optional, so just "sorts" with nothing before it matches too.
# 17  
Old 09-08-2008
Hi Era,

Thanks for the explanation.
But what if i need to mget the files below.
In Csh , i write it as the below where "ME" is a fixed string and $var is a csh variable.
What would be the code for the below in Perl ?

Code:
mget ME*$var*sorts

# 18  
Old 09-09-2008
Hi Era,

Tried using the below but its doesn;t work.
Can you give some advice ?

Code:
grep { /^ME.?$var.?sorts$/ }

# 19  
Old 09-09-2008
The regex for "any string" is .* not .?
# 20  
Old 09-09-2008
Hi Era,

Great thanks!! Its working!
What if i need either $var or $myfile ?
I tried to use the below but it doesn;t work though.
Can you help

Code:
grep { /^ME.*($var|$myfile).*sorts$/ }

# 21  
Old 09-09-2008
Depends on what's in $var and $myfile but the code as such is correct.
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