in reply to Re: Grep asterisk sign in input file
in thread Grep asterisk sign in input file

Hello choroba,

Nice solution, especially the inclusion of last which avoids a potentially nasty bug.

But as it stands, this code will match a filter value such as ac* with an input value such as zac1234 — which doesn’t appear to be what the OP wants. This is easily fixed by anchoring the filter regex to the beginning of the match:

$value = $filter->[1], last if $key =~ /^$filter->[0]/;

Hope that helps,

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