hello -

i have been using this command to modify flat files that list directory contents, replacing the permissions listing with carriage returns: 

/usr/bin/awk '{gsub(/lrw......./,"\n"); print}'

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it works fine *except* on flat files that have more than 199 records (awk's limit, it turns out).

any idea how to do this with perl so as to avoid any record amount limit?

thanks in advance! - j

here is a sample flat file (ugly, isn't it?): 

lrwxr-xr-x 1 root sys 8 Mar 13 2003 ./FESC_ADOT/runtime -> 01.30.02 lr
+wxr-xr-x 1 root sys 8 Jul 30 2001 ./FESC_Websphere/runtime -> 01.00.0
+1  lrwxr-xr-x 1 root sys 8 Nov 24 16:22 ./qmc/runtime -> 01.50.01 lrw
+xr-xr-x 1 root sys 9 Jul 7 11:50 ./ADOT_WEB/runtime -> web.1.18A lrwx
+r-xr-x 1 root sys 18 Aug 20 2001 ./POSLITE/runtime -> POS_OPLITE01.01
+.05 lrwxr-xr-x 1 root sys 18 Aug 21 2001 ./MHSLITE/runtime -> MHS_OPL
+ITE01.00.01 lrwxr-xr-x 1 root sys 16 Apr 15 2002 ./VAC/runtime -> 01.
+01.03.regular lrwxr-xr-x 1 root sys 20 Aug 21 2001 ./BBSSLITE/runtime
+ -> BBSS_OPLITER01.01.01 lrwxr-xr-x 1 root sys 10 Feb 12 2002 ./Talar
+ian/runtime -> 5.5R5/11.0 lrwxr-xr-x 1 root sys 19 Aug 21 2001 ./FESC
+LITE/runtime -> FESC_OPLITE01.01.01 lrwxr-xr-x 1 adot dba 8 Aug 23 20
+02 ./TALLITE/runtime -> 01.00.04 lrwxr-xr-x 1 root sys 4 May 23 2002 
+./PTTPLITE/runtime -> test lrwxr-xr-x 1 root sys 8 Nov 24 16:15 ./per
+l/runtime -> 01.20.04

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