perl -ne '/\A(.).*(.)\Z/; print $1, $2;' test would do it as long as you stick to a single line...
-Mark Ivey- On Wed, 2002-11-20 at 13:56, Matthew Boeckman wrote: > I know this is a little OT, but thought someone might have a quick > answer. I'm trying to match the first and or last letter in a single > word textfile. So, assume a file called test, with the contents: abcdef . > What I'm after is the return af . > > I thought that > > grep -G \<\> test > > would do it, but no! Likewise awk variants didn't seem to do it either. > Am I missing anything obvious? > > -- > Matthew Boeckman (816) 777-2160 > Manager - Systems Integration Saepio Technologies -- Mark Ivey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=unsubscribe https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
