>>>>> "Uwe" == Uwe Kleine-Koenig <zeisberg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: Uwe> #! /bin/sh Uwe> exec perl -i -p -e 's/\$(Id|Revision):.*?\$/\$$1: \$/' "$@"; Ow. My eyes hurt from that. How about we rewrite that as a native Perl script: #!/usr/bin/perl $^I = ""; # this is -i while (<>) { s/\$(Id|Revision):.*?\$/\$$1: \$/; print; } -- Randal L. Schwartz - Stonehenge Consulting Services, Inc. - +1 503 777 0095 <merlyn@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> <URL:http://www.stonehenge.com/merlyn/> Perl/Unix/security consulting, Technical writing, Comedy, etc. etc. See PerlTraining.Stonehenge.com for onsite and open-enrollment Perl training! - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html