Hi All,

How do I use // except with a variable in a script and not a pipe and a one liner?

echo -e "abc\ndef\nghi\n" | perl -wlne '! /def/ and print "$_";'

abc ghi

But I am having a hard time figuring out how to do it in a full script. How do I use // in a full script?

#!/usr/bin/perl

use strict;
use warnings;
use diagnostics;

my $A="abc\ndef\nghi\n";
(my $B = $A ) =~ ! /def/; 
print "$B";

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Use of uninitialized value $_ in pattern match (m//) at ./ExtractTest.pl line 8 (#1

What am I doing wrong

Many Thanks, -T

In reply to Regex match on implicit default variable ($_) in a script, not a one liner by Todd Chester

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