Kevin Spencer <ke...@kevinspencer.org> writes:
> On Fri, Feb 10, 2012 at 10:52 AM, Harry Putnam <rea...@newsguy.com> wrote:
>>
>> But these command line attempts fail:
>>
>> (all on one line)
>> perl -e 'my ($seven, $nine) =
>> (stat('./SweetwatterPk-016.jpg'))[7, 9];
>> print "$seven and $nine"'
>>
>> output:
>> syntax error at -e line 1, near "stat(."
>> Search pattern not terminated at -e line 1.
>
> It's the use of single quotes inside your stat() command. You've
> already opened a single quote after your perl -e statement. Try
> switching the inner single quotes to double quotes and you'll no
> longer get the syntax error.
Thanks, and yes that works now.
At least I was kinda sorta on the right track there. But I should
have thought to try double quotes.
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