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Re: tricky perl question - ascending order



wow, thanks!!

and how exactly can i use this magic?

http://pastebin.com/raw.php?i=XZ1rn2bM

sorry for the dumb question:\

Thank you!


> Jozsi Vadkan wrote:
> 
> > or maybe in bash..
> > script/"one liner" e.g.: input: http://pastebin.com/raw.php?i=pMZPEsMZ
> > 
> > i want to make this output from it:
> > http://pastebin.com/raw.php?i=kH8VxT0A
> > 
> > 
> > So from the input, i want to make an ascendant order, how many things
> > are under a "SOMETHING-XX"
> > 
> > Does anyone has any "perl magic" in the pocket, how to do this? :D
> > 
> > Thank you very, very much..:\
> 
> 
> Assuming you can rely on the positions of the blank lines, this seems to 
> work. Should be easy to change if you want to rely on SOMETHING being at 
> the beginning.
> 
> perl -e '$f=1; while(<>) { chomp; if ($_ eq "") { $f=1 } else { if ($f) 
> { $x{$_}=[]; $k=$_; $f=0 } else { push @{$x{$k}}, $_ } } } for(sort keys 
> %x) { print $_, "\n", join("\n", @{$x{$_}}), "\n\n" }'
> 
> There's probably a perl hacker or two who can do it neater, but as I 
> say, it seems to work ;)
> 
> --
> Chris Jackson
> Shadowcat Systems Ltd.


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