Re^2: Searching for paragraphs but tricky

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Re^3: Searching for paragraphs but tricky by hippo (Archbishop) on Jul 20, 2013 at 10:21 UTC
Hence the question. :) Anyway, there's nothing wrong with your syntax as this trivial example demonstrates: `$ echo -e "CREATE TABLE WCC.CONTACT\nfoo\n;\nCREATE TABLE WCC.CONTACTM +ETHOD\nbar\n;\n" \| perl -ne 'print if /CONTACT$/ .. /;/;' CREATE TABLE WCC.CONTACT foo ;` [download] Therefore the obvious conclusion is that your input file does not contain what you think it contains. Use a hexdump to see what's actually in there.	[reply] [d/l]

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Re^3: Searching for paragraphs but tricky
by hippo (Archbishop) on Jul 20, 2013 at 10:21 UTC

Hence the question. :)

Anyway, there's nothing wrong with your syntax as this trivial example demonstrates:

$ echo -e "CREATE TABLE WCC.CONTACT\nfoo\n;\nCREATE TABLE WCC.CONTACTM
+ETHOD\nbar\n;\n" | perl -ne 'print if /CONTACT$/ .. /;/;'
CREATE TABLE WCC.CONTACT
foo
;
[download]

Therefore the obvious conclusion is that your input file does not contain what you think it contains. Use a hexdump to see what's actually in there.

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[d/l]