Skip lines until you find a delimiter >>

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Re: Skip lines until you find a delimiter >> by tybalt89 (Monsignor) on Mar 14, 2018 at 08:02 UTC
Guessing... `#!/usr/bin/perl # http://perlmonks.org/?node_id=1210866 use strict; use warnings; $/ = '>>'; <DATA>; $/ = '"'; chomp( my $variable = <DATA> ); print "variable = '$variable'\n"; __DATA__ <"Session Date:Mar 13/2017 ":>>test", 1,2,3,4 ":>>test1", 5,6,7,8 end>` [download] Outputs: `variable = 'test'` [download]	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^2: Skip lines until you find a delimiter >> by RohanGuddad (Initiate) on Mar 14, 2018 at 08:14 UTC
so this will skip first few lines and read from ">>"?	[reply]
Re^3: Skip lines until you find a delimiter >> by marto (Cardinal) on Mar 14, 2018 at 08:23 UTC
Did on read the post or try the code provided?	[reply]
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Re: Skip lines until you find a delimiter >> by Anonymous Monk on Mar 14, 2018 at 07:24 UTC
Please show us what you've tried and give a sample of your data	[reply]
Re^2: Skip lines until you find a delimiter >> by RohanGuddad (Initiate) on Mar 14, 2018 at 07:49 UTC
i have file with some data like below. <"Session Date:Mar 13/2017 ":>>test", 1,2,3,4 ":>>test1", 5,6,7,8 end> i want to skip first few lines until i encounter line with ":>>" and load the first value (test) to a variable..	[reply]
Re^3: Skip lines until you find a delimiter >> by hippo (Bishop) on Mar 14, 2018 at 09:21 UTC
What did you try and in what way did it fail to meet your expectations? As you are new here you may not yet have read all the FAQ and maybe not even How do I post a question effectively? or Is PM a good place to get answers for homework? It's probably a good idea to have a quick read through those now. There would be many literal answers to your question as posed but here's one that I do not particularly recommend and is therefore presented only for amusement as it probably isn't what you wanted anyway. <Reveal this spoiler or all in this thread>	[reply] [d/l]


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