Re^2: parsing variable input (perlre problem)

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ps output is fixed field format

Well yes... until something unforeseen happens and one of the fields gets too wide. At which point the substr (or unpack - which might be more efficient) method breaks horribly :-/

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Re^3: parsing variable input (perlre problem) by Moron (Curate) on Mar 19, 2007 at 16:59 UTC
In that case just read the field positions and widths off the header -- if a field "goes wide", the header changes to match and the header is otherwise predictable even though some columns are aligned left, some right - still in a predictable way. -M Free your mind	[reply]

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