The -n Switch: print the contents of a file or search for a line that contains a particular pattern : Perl Command « Language Basics « Perl






The -n Switch: print the contents of a file or search for a line that contains a particular pattern

  
 
$ perl -ne 'print;' yourtextFile     # Windows: use double quotes
$ perl -ne 'print if /^Igor/;' yourTextFile

   
    
  








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