Re^2: repeat data at one line and grep as pre-set format

cat yourfile.txt | perl -ple 's/(\S+\s+\S+)\s+/$1\n/g'
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Isn't that the same as:

perl -ple 's/(\S+\s+\S+)\s+/$1\n/g' yourfile.txt
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Dave

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Re^3: repeat data at one line and grep as pre-set format by Random_Walk (Prior) on Jan 25, 2006 at 09:58 UTC
You are right and your way is more efficient too. I wrote it with the `cat file \|` as that is how I tested it with echo, just failed to engage my brain completely :-) Cheers, R. Pereant, qui ante nos nostra dixerunt!	[reply] [d/l]