From: ts Date: 2001-10-20T21:13:05+09:00 Subject: [ruby-talk:22824] Re: PLease condense my code >>>>> "H" == Hal E Fulton writes: H> Hmm... does this work in 1.7.1? Yes, but only with -e pigeon% cat aa abc =begin cccc llll =end =ef aaaa pigeon% pigeon% ruby -ne 'print if (!(/=begin/../=end/) && !(/^=[-a-zA-Z0-9. ]*=/))' aa abc =ef aaaa pigeon% Guy Decoux