in reply to REGEX Non-Destructive Flag
Hey Guys, thanks for the suggestions.
Is there a way to print out a string, and in the terminal have it show any special characters (i.e. \n, \t, \s, etc...)
For Example: I have a variable like this:
So is there a way to print out $sysDescr and have it actually print the special character symbols...? I want to see what meta-characters are actually in there.
Something like this:
Any thoughts would be great.
Thanks,
Matt
Is there a way to print out a string, and in the terminal have it show any special characters (i.e. \n, \t, \s, etc...)
For Example: I have a variable like this:
#This variable is equal to the routers description which is a single s +tring that when printed prints into 3 separate lines my $descr = split " STRING: " `snmpget -v1 -c public 10.1.1.1 sysDescr +.0` print "$descr"; ____OUTPUT____ Cisco IOS Software, Catalyst 4500 L3 Switch Software (cat4500-ENTSERVI +CESK9-M), Version 12.2(31)SGA9, RELEASE SOFTWARE (fc1) Technical Support: http://www.cisco.com/techsupport Copyright (c) 1986-2009 by Cisco Systems, Inc. Compiled Mon 12-Jan-09 13:53
So is there a way to print out $sysDescr and have it actually print the special character symbols...? I want to see what meta-characters are actually in there.
Something like this:
Cisco IOS Software, Catalyst 4500 L3 Switch Software (cat4500-ENTSERVI +CESK9-M), Version 12.2(31)SGA9, RELEASE SOFTWARE (fc1)\n Technical Support: http://www.cisco.com/techsupport\n Copyright (c) 1986-2009 by Cisco Systems, Inc.\n Compiled Mon 12-Jan-09 13:53\n
Any thoughts would be great.
Thanks,
Matt
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Re^2: REGEX Non-Destructive Flag
by quester (Vicar) on Jan 11, 2012 at 06:09 UTC | |
by mmartin (Monk) on Jan 12, 2012 at 16:27 UTC |
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