Shawn H Corey writes:
> Yes, Perl does follow the shell when it comes to file tests. See
> `perldoc -f -X
>
> Also, you can use `-s` instead of `! -z`.
Thank you. That's very close to the test -s clause in
shell scripting.
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On Thu, 11 Sep 2014 12:02:30 -0500
"Martin G. McCormick" wrote:
> I was checking to see how in perl can one quickly test
> for a file which exists but is empty and found an example so I
> wrote the following code which seems to work beautifully but it
> looks a little different compared to
I was checking to see how in perl can one quickly test
for a file which exists but is empty and found an example so I
wrote the following code which seems to work beautifully but it
looks a little different compared to some things I have seen so
I am asking whether it could have unintended