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sajanagr
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Jan 26, 2010, 11:58 PM

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get size in a variable	Can't Post

Hi
I have a simple query to get the size output of a command into a variable. This is what i have tried :
The command output is like :

Code

   68.58G

Regular expression :

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if ($out =~ /(\d*\.\d*\S)/){ 
           $out=$1; 
}

This seemed to work earlier and i hav updated perl and it now gives me output ' .p '; I don't seem to understand the issue.

Kindly help!!
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shawnhcorey
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Jan 27, 2010, 5:10 AM

Post #2 of 4 (2864 views)

Re: [sajanagr] get size in a variable [In reply to]	Can't Post

Print out the contents of $out. I think you'll find it has at least two periods in it.

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sajanagr
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Jan 27, 2010, 5:20 AM

Post #3 of 4 (2862 views)

Re: [shawnhcorey] get size in a variable [In reply to]	Can't Post

The issue has been solved. The expression was fine, but not perfect. Checked out the output of $out and solved it. Modified the expression by -

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$out =~  /(\d+\.\d+G\s+)/

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shawnhcorey
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Jan 27, 2010, 5:53 AM

Post #4 of 4 (2857 views)

Re: [sajanagr] get size in a variable [In reply to]	Can't Post

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$out =~  /(\d+\.\d+G\b);/

\b works even at the end of a string.

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