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sometimes there are one, sometime there are two exchanges in this log file. the 100= is the stock exchange- if there are two, they are seperated by a comma.
i understand how to \ escape a comma in a regex, but I am having trouble with combining it.
And - as I'm not a perlite, I'm curious: are you two both missing a single quote, or should that work for me with only one single quote (because it doesn't)?
And - as I'm not a perlite, I'm curious: are you two both missing a single quote, or should that work for me with only one single quote (because it doesn't)?
Ehh, no worries Tink :-) there was a printf statement I had been using way back sometime in some code or other (when I didn't really know what printf even was) and it actually made use of a single single-quote, deliberately.. So, there are cases.
Anyhow, I'm still curious about the `sort` command the OP uses here, since his desired output is in the same order as they were in the input; maybe if the OP could comment on what everyone's posted here? Does any of this work as desired?
I use the sort because the log file is 10,000 lines and it prints out the answers line by line - the sort makes sure that they are at the end of the command prompt - not spaced out over a few screens.
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