Re: [TCLUG:18790] quick way to strip spaces...

[andy@theasis.com]

> However, I'm wondering if you could explain this bit for me...
> 
> {$x=$_; 

Set (new) variable $x to be $_, which is special variable which contains
the default input and pattern-searching string.

> s/\s+/_/g; 

substitute any number of whitespaces with a single char, "_".

> rename $x, $_;}

rename the file which name matches $x to the stuff in $_ .

> Better yet, if you could point me in the right direction as to where to look
> for this solution on my own, I'd be happy to go digging....I'm afraid perl
> is not yet part of my toolchest...

www.ora.com!


Andy

> 
> Thanks
> 
> Brian
> 
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