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
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
