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liners
print lines
matching a
pattern exactly 'n'
times
( categories: one liners |
regular expressions )
The key is to do the
match with the 'g'
modifier in list context,
then compare the result
in scalar context to
obtain the number of
matches.
Example:
Print the lines in 'file.txt'
that have the string 'for'
repeated exactly 3
times:
perl -ne
'print if ( (
() = /for/g )
== 3 )'
file.txt
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calculate the total
size of a list of
files
( categories: one liners |
working with files )
Use ls -l to get the list
of files you want to sum
and pipe the result to a
perl one-liner that sums
the fifth column of every
line it processes.
For example, to get the
total size of all your
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.rpm files in your current
directory, use the
following:
ls -l *rpm |
perl -lane
'$total +=
$F[4]; END {
print "Total:
$total
bytes\n" }'
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add a line to a file
( categories: one liners )
For example, insert the
line "New line added!!"
in line 100 of
example.txt:
perl -pi -le
'print "New
line added!!"
if $. == 100'
example.txt
If you want to insert the
same line in multiple
files, use the following:
perl -pi -le
'print "New
line added!!"
if $. == 100;
close ARGV if
eof' *.txt
('close ARGV if eof' is
needed to reset the
variable '$.' before
processing the next file).
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print a range of
lines from a file
( categories: one liners )
Let's say you want to
print from 'file.txt' only
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the lines 10 to 20:
perl -ne
'print if
10..20'
file.txt
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check the syntax
of a perl script
( categories: one liners )
perl -wc
script.pl
NOTES:
- The above command
just check the syntax, it
does not execute the
script.
- If you don't want to see
the warnings, remove
'w' from the command
line arguments.
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remove all blank
lines of a file
( categories: one liners )
Without saving a backup
of the previous file:
perl -ni -e
'print unless
/^$/' file
Saving the original file
as file.bak:
perl -ni.bak
-e 'print
unless /^$/'
file
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replace all
ocurrences of
'foo' with 'bar' in a
file
( categories: one liners )
Without saving a backup
of the previous file:
perl -pi -e
's/foo/bar/g'
file
Saving the original file
as file.bak:
perl -pi.bak
-e 's/foo
/bar/g' file
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check the version
of installed
modules
( categories: one liners |
perl modules )
To check the version
number of a module use
the following one-liner:
'perl -M -e 'print
"$<module>::VERSION
\n"'.
Example:
#-- check the
version number
of CGI module
perl -MCGI -e
'print
"$CGI::VERSION
\n"'
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list the directories
where perl
modules are
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located
( categories: one liners |
perl modules )
The array @INC
contains the list of
places that the 'do
EXPR', 'require', or 'use'
constructs look for their
library files. The
following one-liner
shows the contents of
that array:
perl -e
'foreach
$folder (@INC)
{ print
"$folder\n";}'
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