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From: popkin@cs.odu.edu (The Programmer - AI)
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Subject: Using unix commands and parsing.
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I am looking for some help need in perl.. I would really appreciate if
someome could help me...

I have a perl program that I want to make calls to unix with..


I want to grep a file and have it parse out of that data file using grep -i
a statement.

Like grep -i dog data.file

the it finds the line in the data file :

dog : an animal

the progranm then parses out "an animal"

and prints it.. with out the dog and :

Please post to this group or mail me at popkin@xanth.cs.odu.edu anything
that can help me.. I am lost till the perl book comes out..

Ps this is not for a grade or homework...

But I do need help..

Thanks in advance... Brian

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| In-Real-Life: Brian Popkin, Computer Science Major, Old Dominion University |
| Email-Address: popkin@cs.odu.edu or popkin@xanth.cs.odu.edu                 |
| Yes I wrote the AI program Unixjr.....                                      |
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