> 
> 
> >> perl -lpe '}{*_=*.}{' file
> > 
> > Ooh, an obfuscated verbose way of writing:
> > 
> > perl -lpe'}{$_=$.' file
> 
> 
> Huh?  Could someone explain this?  The "}{" makes no sense to me...
> 
> - B

You're not the first. There was recently much discussion about this on
the Fun with Perl list, see the threads titled "What does "}{" mean?" at
the following location:

http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.fwp/

http://danconia.org


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