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I know, what u mean, but i guess i expressed myself poorly :) TXT File: c:\\sth c:\\\\sth I need the output to be: c:\sth c:\\sth The TXT file allready contains "escaped text" (literal representation).

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Re (tilly) 5: UnEscaping text...
by tilly (Archbishop) on Aug 14, 2001 at 13:46 UTC
    FYI a literal representation is "exact, unchanged". What you are describing in your text file is not a literal representation. Now the following script may do what you want: 
    #! /usr/bin/perl -w

while (<>) {
  s/\\(.)/$1/g;
  print;
}

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    If that makes little sense to you then I highly recommend picking up the Llama book, Learning Perl. (One of whose authors is merlyn.)
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      Thanx! That was exactly what I was looking for. Thanx to all! Just 1 more question (if u have the time) what's the putpose of '.' in 's/\\(.)/$1/g;'
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        The dot matches any character (apart from newline) in a regex. Read up on perlre to get an introduction to regexes. Or read japhy's excellent book - which is to be published next year by Manning.

        -- Hofmator

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