Re (tilly) 5: UnEscaping text...

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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Re: Re (tilly) 5: UnEscaping text... by Rabotnik (Initiate) on Aug 14, 2001 at 15:42 UTC
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;'	[reply]
Re??: UnEscaping text... by Hofmator (Curate) on Aug 14, 2001 at 15:48 UTC
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	[reply]