Hi,
Noticed this today :
<script>
open(FD,'sudo grep -h "Connect time" /var/log/message* | grep -v COMMAND |') or die
$! ;
# Do some stuff ...
while ( <FD> ) {
# do more stuff
}
</script>
In the above script (an attempt to check my ppp usage), the script
actually runs 'sudo' only when reading from the file (line #3) and not
when open() is run (line #1).
Why is that ? I am new to programming, so I don't know how other
languages would do this, but it seems counter-intuitive to me. I
presumed 'sudo' would be run when open() is run.
pv.
ps. Is it inadvisable to open the said file like this (see the script
above) ? If so, why ?
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