[clue-tech] [spam?] text processing howto

[Collins Richey]

On Thu, Oct 7, 2010 at 1:48 AM, Brian Gibson <bwg1974 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> not necessarily the fewest strokes but it is one line (your mail client may
> break the line)
>
> COMMAND:
> $ echo "this that1 that2 that3 theotherthing" | ruby -e 'puts
> STDIN.read.split().slice(1..-1).join(",").split(/,(?!.*,)/)'
>
> OUTPUT:
> that1,that2,that3
> theotherthing
>
> ******************************

Yeah, ruby is really my favorite.

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