[Za-pm] Regular expression help needed

[Spike]

$match = 1 looks a bit dodgey - might mean $match = $1 to capture the 
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At 2003/06/23 02:26 PM, Pritesh Jewan wrote:

>Hello people,
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>I have a few regular expressions from a script that I am trying to update 
>and needed some assistance with what the expression mean:
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>===============================
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>while(<GWTABLE>){
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>next if (/^#/);
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>next if (/^$/);
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>$match = 1;
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>I'm trying to understand the second and third line.
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>===============================
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>The script has this line in a few places. Can't seem to find any doco that 
>would explain what it means:
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>s(\n)();
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>===============================
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>s/\n$//;
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>===============================
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>(!/^$/)||next;
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>(!/^#/)||next;
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>Any assistance is greatly appreciated
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>Regards
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>Pritesh
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>Pritesh Jewan
>Aptronics (Pty) Ltd
>Tel   : +27 11 791 0180
>Fax  : +27 11 791 0183
>Cell : 084-677-2486
><mailto:pritesh at aptronics.co.za>pritesh at aptronics.co.za
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