Thus spaketh Randal L. Schwartz:
> >>>>> "Gavin" == Gavin Henry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> 
> >> perl -pe 's/^/=$.= /' test.pl
> 
> Gavin> That looks familiar
[ ... ]

Yes. But I found a way to confuse myself.

Why does

perl -e '$_.="$. "' some_file

start the enumaration at line 2, while

perl -e '$_="$. $_"' some_file

starts it at line 1 (as wanted).

Cheers
Michael
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                        Michael P. Demelbauer
                    http://www.wsr.ac.at/~michael/
    WSR (Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaftliches Rechenzentrum)
                   LUGA (Linux User Group Austria)
  Einsamkeit ist der Weg, auf dem das Schicksal den Menschen zu sich
           selber führen will.          -- Hermann Hesse

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