Hi, Jeff Westman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] asked: > Why does the order of these options matter? [...] > $ nslookup someServer | perl -en 'print qq($_);' > > $ nslookup someServer | perl -ne 'print qq($_);'
-e must be followed by the code: $ perl --help Usage: perl [switches] [--] [programfile] [arguments] [...] -e 'command' one line of program (several -e's allowed, omit programfile) [...] So what does your first example do? Try this: $ perl -w -en 'print "Hello, World!\n"' Unquoted string "n" may clash with future reserved word at -e line 1. Useless use of a constant in void context at -e line 1. HTH, Thomas "-w is your friend" -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
