>>>>> "sw" == shawn wilson <ag4ve...@gmail.com> writes:
sw> That looks to be pretty much the same as: sw> zcat file ¦ script ¦ gzip -c - sw> (Untested) yes it is. and a perl one liner like perl -0777p le '$_ .= "text"' is all you need there. the issue is if text is large and/or from a file. sw> Nice addition to the module BTW. Haven't had the need for sw> File::Slurp (used more specialized modules such as Text::CSV_XS or sw> Web::Scraper) but this feature is definitely good. If not just sw> because it makes how to do in place edits a no brainer. file::slurp can make those modules faster as most typical modules use either slow slurping or line by line reading when they don't need to. as i have said, decades ago line by line was required but with today's ram size it isn't and for most files slurping wins big. you can either pass a list of lines directly to modules that you already slurped or do a foreach loop over those slurped lines and you could gain a nice amount of speed. uri -- Uri Guttman ------ u...@stemsystems.com -------- http://www.sysarch.com -- ----- Perl Code Review , Architecture, Development, Training, Support ------ --------- Gourmet Hot Cocoa Mix ---- http://bestfriendscocoa.com --------- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: beginners-unsubscr...@perl.org For additional commands, e-mail: beginners-h...@perl.org http://learn.perl.org/
