On Sun, Mar 15, 2009 at 13:26, David Christensen <dpchr...@holgerdanske.com> wrote: > Ron Smith wrote: >> Yes, I tried 'join' also but ran into the following message on using >> more than 1 set of double quotes: > > Charles explains why: > > http://www.mail-archive.com/beginners%40perl.org/msg99942.html > > > I use Windows, Linux, and BSD machines, and prefer working from the > command line. Over the years, I've tried several different Unix tool > chains, including Perl, on Windows. Cygwin seems to be the best > compromise. Understand that it breaks frequently, so save a copy of > your setup/ directory prior to every upgrade. I also started > downloading source tarballs, so I will have the option of sharing Cygwin > in compliance with the GPL. YMMV. >
If you are stuck using Windows I would suggest looking into PowerShell (née Monad)*. Microsoft got a bunch of smart people together and reinvented the shell. It has full access to .Net and instead of just piping lines of text around the pipes deliver objects (which can be stringified for programs that don't understand objects). If it weren't for the fact that it only runs on Windows I would probably use it. One of its benefits is that it understands both single quotes and double quotes, so many Perl one-liners can be copied directly to it with out changes. * http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2003/technologies/management/powershell/default.mspx -- Chas. Owens wonkden.net The most important skill a programmer can have is the ability to read. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: beginners-unsubscr...@perl.org For additional commands, e-mail: beginners-h...@perl.org http://learn.perl.org/
