> > > >> 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 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://learn.perl.org/> <http://learn.perl.org/first-response>