Re: Succint Perl version of Awk

$ cat jwtest.txt
one two three four five six seven eight nine
 A B C D E F G H
  A  B  C  D  E  F  G  H  I  J

$ perl -ale'$F[0]=$F[1]=$F[2]=""; print "@F"' <jwtest.txt
   four five six seven eight nine
   D E F G H
   D E F G H I J

$ perl -alpe '$_="@F[3..$#F]"' <jwtest.txt
four five six seven eight nine
D E F G H
D E F G H I J
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Re^2: Succint Perl version of Awk by Galdor (Sexton) on May 30, 2023 at 06:38 UTC
yeah - I guess it was that 2d variant I was looking for...More perlish...Thanks.	[reply]