> > How about something like: > > > > perl -pi.bak -e 's/(\w+)\s*=\s*(\w+)-(\w+)$/$1 = $3-$2/' <filenames> > > > > Oh, don't make him do that! He doesn't think in Perl yet. ;-) > Ahoy matties! This worked like a charm! Danke mucho to everyone who replied. ____________________________ Mike Neuharth ADCS Technology Specialist http://www.umn.edu/adcs E-Mail : mjn at umn.edu Page Mail : 6126486512 at page.metrocall.com http://nifty.dsl.visi.com/ ____________________________ --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: tclug-list-unsubscribe at mn-linux.org For additional commands, e-mail: tclug-list-help at mn-linux.org