* or x ?

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* or X ??

perl -pe 'if ($.%4==2){$_.="-" x 37} elseif {$.%4==0) {$_.="=" x 37} $_.="\n"' < %1 >%1


I want to stick blank or (tribar) striped lines in between text





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[gnari]

* or X ??

perl -pe 'if ($.%4==2){$_.="-" x 37} elseif {$.%4==0) {$_.="=" x 37}

$_.="\n"' < %1 >%1

apart from the syntax errors,

a) why don't you try it ?
b) you want to use -i, it seems
c) please use correct Newsgroups line

gnari

 

[Walter Roberson]

:* or X ??

:I want to stick blank or (tribar) striped lines in between text

'x' is the string repetition operation. '*' is [unless overloaded]
the arithmetic multiplication operator.