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I have one problem left to solve, appears straightforward, but my code is doing incomplete job of getting rid of bogus "current dir" characters -- i.e. changing "/./" to "/"

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# D) Rid input files of all instances of the unix current directory symbol "/./"
# Example: /vobs/synergy_core_apps/code/./././personalize/src would be changed to
# /vobs/synergy_core_apps/code/personalize/src

$file_vep_cleaned =~ s/\/\.\//\//g;

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I am getting started in adding sed to my Perl programs and would appreciate some help with these 2 sed problems.

I need to write a number of sed statements to clean up errors from input files consisting of clearcase directories and files of the form:

/vobs/dirname1/dirname2/dirname3/filename
or
/vobs/dirname1/dirname2/dirname3

I have completed all the needed sed statements except for two that are needed to clean up the following errors:

1) Convert duplicated front-slash markers to single front-slash markers, i.e.

/vobs/dirname1////dirname2//dirname3////filename
becomes
/vobs/dirname1/dirname2/dirname3/filename

I have tried to replace 2 or more "/"'s with a single "/" using

$filename =~ s/\/[\/]+/\//;

but the above statement does nothing.

What Perl sed syntax might be used to make this transformation?

2) Another error is to rid my input file of all instances of the unix parent directory symbol ".." - i.e.

/vobs/synergy_core_apps/code/../code/personalize/src

would be changed to

/vobs/synergy_core_apps/code/personalize/src

Does anyone know how this might be done using Perl sed syntax?

Thank You,
Amphaiaraus

In reply to Yet another substitution problem by Amphiaraus

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