Re: Search between two words in a file

[matija]

in reply to Search between two words in a file

One way would be to read each paragraph into a single variable (either by setting $/ or by appending line to the variable until you get to the end of the paragraph), then simply match using something like $paragraph=~/FROM(something wild)WHERE/;

[Anonymous Monk]

Can u just send me the script as i am totally new to perl scripting and i have been assigned this task to do.

[halley]

Can "u" just send us your next paycheck?

[Happy-the-monk]

To the Original Poster:
The manuals   perldoc perlrequick   and   perldoc perlre   describe it quite well.

You will understand matija's solution after a quick glance into one of them and be able to use it.

$paragraph =~ m/FROM(.*?)WHERE/; # now everything in between is in   $1
my $inbetween = $1;

If that still doesn't make much sense, everything else can be found in   perldoc perlintro.

Cheers, Sören

[Anonymous Monk]

can you give me the command used for appending line to a variable until end of line. and after matching the data using "$paragraph=~/FROM(something wild)WHERE/;", how can I print that variable?