Hi Gary, On Fri, 10 Nov 2017 09:48:30 +0000 Gary Stainburn <gary.stainb...@ringways.co.uk> wrote:
> On Friday 10 November 2017 00:08:09 SSC_perl wrote: > > > On Nov 9, 2017, at 2:06 PM, David Precious <dav...@preshweb.co.uk> wrote: > > > > > > you'll get whatever the script output to STDOUT. > > > > Thanks a million, Dave! STDOUT was what I was missing. I've never > > used that before, so this was news to me. The remote script now returns a > > string that I can manipulate and use in the local script. > > > > Thanks again, > > Frank > > I would also look at using JSON for anything other than simple examples. I > use this technique extensively for custom peer-to-peer apps. > > I have even develope a small xinetd service to accept incoming connections. > > This has then enabled me to use Net::telnet in client scripts to generate > interactive services. JSON is a good, consistent method of transferring > data. While I agree, see http://seriot.ch/parsing_json.php for a roundup of security problems and inconsistencies in JSON parsers. >It also helps when combining PERL and PHP apps > "Perl" is not an acronym - see http://perl-begin.org/learn/Perl-perl-but-not-PERL/ and https://github.com/perl-doc-cats/perlfaq/blob/master/lib/perlfaq1.pod#whats-the-difference-between-perl-and-perl . Regards, Shlomi -- ----------------------------------------------------------------- Shlomi Fish http://www.shlomifish.org/ http://is.gd/i5eMQd - Emma Watson’s Interview for a Software Dev Job Chuck Norris once jumped out of a plane, and the parachute did not open. So instead Chuck Norris opened and brought him and the parachute down safely. (By Andrew Brehm) — http://www.shlomifish.org/humour/bits/facts/Chuck-Norris/ Please reply to list if it's a mailing list post - http://shlom.in/reply . -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: beginners-unsubscr...@perl.org For additional commands, e-mail: beginners-h...@perl.org http://learn.perl.org/