Re: Text::Aspell

On 10 Sep 2007 at 12:52, Chas Owens wrote: > On 9/10/07, Beginner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > snip > > Does anyone have any ideas why this isn't working? Could this be > due > > to an environment variable? > snip > Are you sure you create (or updated) your dictionary correctly? ..snip It seems

problem with Sterling pound sign

Hi All, CGI; Mime::Lite; I am trying to take the input from a text field from a html page and send it as an email. The text contains a UK sterling £ sign. It looks fine on in the html page but when I send the mail or output the text to STDERR, it gets transformed into this: £ Here are a few of

Re: printf

On 18 Jan 2007 at 16:25, Eugene Kosov wrote: > Beginner wrote: > > Hi all, > > > > Sorry I am sure this is a lame question. > > > > I want to print out some column (with heading) and I want them > > evenly spaced. I know this is a printf but the format eludes me. > > > > printf("%c12", $var);

Re: File:: Copy

On 20 Dec 2006 at 8:00, Dukelow, Don wrote: > I can't get "use File::Copy" to work. I declare it at the beginning > of script but when I try to use it latter nothing happens. There are > no errors and nothing is copied. > > I'm using the command! > > copy($variable, $variable2); > > I've also

Re: Which module for web graph?

On 14 Dec 2006 at 5:44, Jeff Pang wrote: > Sorry that I never drew the graph for HTML page.Now I need to generate > some histogram for the statistic datas,I searched CPAN and found lots > of modules can be used. Can you help give the suggestion that which is > better (or easy) for my purpose? Than

Re: beginner

On 7 Dec 2006 at 3:47, isaac vanderpuije wrote: > > yes am using the x86 processor, i installed and didnt see any sign of > perl on my PC > > Beginner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 7 Dec 2006 at 3:31, isaac vanderpuije wrote: > > > have a problem installing the perl msi(windows platf

Re: scoping problem with hash

On 13 Jun 2006 at 12:27, Mr. Shawn H. Corey wrote: > On Tue, 2006-13-06 at 17:20 +0100, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > print STDERR Dumper(%times); > > print STDERR Dumper( \%times ); That seems to have helped the Dumper output but I still haven't managed to get the other assignments to stick.

Re: perl cgi problem

On 20 Apr 2006 at 11:54, Saurabh Singhvi wrote: > Hi > > I am getting 500 internal server errors when i use > > #!/usr/bin/perl -wT > > in cgi's. It goes away if i remove the T part. So what could be the > problem?/ Something is tainted. Check the web-server error log for the perl error. Hav

Re: extract values from hash

On 12 Apr 2006 at 9:28, Mr. Shawn H. Corey wrote: if (defined($ary_users->[$i]->{$lc_surname}) ) { > > if( defiend( $ary_users->[$i]{lc_surname} ) && > $ary_users->[$i]{lc_surname} eq 'anderson' ){ > Thanx, it works (typo defiend). So there isn't a way to grep all the surnames out of the a

extract values from hash

Hi, I am trying to retrieve a list (of users) from an array of hashes. I have a structure like this: $VAR59 = { 'lc_surname' => 'anderson', 'first' => 'Angela', 'file' => 'angela_anderson.clk', 'name' => 'Angela Anderson', 'id' => 69,

Re: Really simple XML question

On 31 Mar 2006 at 9:39, Dave Adams wrote: > How do I print the value of 'Time Magazine'? > > Here is my file (ejournlist.xml): > > > > > Africa Confidential > Vol. 1, no.1 > PDFformat > > > Time Magazine > Vol. 1, no.1 > TXTformat > > > > Here is my script: > > #!/usr/bin/perl -w

Re: FILE::copy gives error undefined subroutine

Is that File::Copy or FILE::copy? The former is what you want. Dp. On 16 Mar 2006 at 9:53, Sonika Sachdeva wrote: > Hi All, > > I have used FILE::copy , perl syntax check is OK. > and am getting the following error when it tries to perform the copy > function . This is on windows system. > >

Re: [PBML] SED and AWK

On 10 Feb 2006 at 0:35, Peter Pan wrote: > OK. How would I do this in perl. I guess I could write a script to > call my perl script that runs this command > > --- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > > "Peter" == Peter Pan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > Peter> I have m

reference assignment - lol

Hi, I am a bit stuck with references and was hoping someone could help me out. In File1 I need to isolate the last number in the column and see if it exists in file2. If so, I would like to add the content of the line from file1 and print it out. There may be other ways of doing this but I wa

RE: Filering a file

On 6 Dec 2005 at 8:14, Adedayo Adeyeye wrote: > Hello David, > > I'm able to open the file, read the contents and output the results of > my initial filtering to a new file. > > The problem is that my new file has duplicate entries, and cleaning up > duplicates is where I'm stuck. > > Kind rega

Re: what use of the closure?

On 2 Dec 2005 at 23:44, Jennifer Garner wrote: > Hi,lists, > > I usually meet some problems of closure when do development under > mod_perl. Can anyone tell me that what use of a closure in > perl?thanks. Have a look at this doc. It is as full an explanation as your'll ever get. http://perl.ap

perl and C

Hi, There are some functions in a C library that I would like to use and I was wondering if it is possible to do so from perl. I started reading the perlxstut and this seems like the way forward but I was hoping someone could confirm it for me before I throw myself completely into it. Can you

Re: Open source IDE for Perl

On 30 Nov 2005 at 14:33, Andrej Kastrin wrote: > which is yours "best" open source IDE for Perl. I use SciTE under Linux, > but I'm a little confused on Windows. Which do you prefer? > vi -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: regex mutil-line matching

On 23 Nov 2005 at 11:16, John W. Krahn wrote: > Dermot Paikkos wrote: > Hello, > > > Looking at the mail queue on my smtp server I notice the usual amount > > of crap. The mailq output is in this format: > > > > 11h 8.5K 1EeoEz-0003t2-00 <> > >

regex mutil-line matching

Hi Looking at the mail queue on my smtp server I notice the usual amount of crap. The mailq output is in this format: 11h 8.5K 1EeoEz-0003t2-00 <> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 10h 10K 1EepGl-0004VH-00 <> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 11h 8.4K 1EeoUI-0004YR-00 <> [EMAIL PROTECTED] I

Re: Date::Manip Delta_Format aprox question

On 17 Nov 2005 at 11:36, Rianne Ubbink wrote: > Hello, > > For a program that I'm writing atm I have to calculate the number of > months between two dates. The months format is 2005-11-17 and I've been > able to get a nice delta with the time in between de two dates. > This sounds like a jobs

Re: about email sender

On 15 Nov 2005 at 7:34, ZHAO, BING wrote: > Hi, all: > I have tried to read the email::sender module on CPAN, but it > is far beyond my > ablilty to understand it. And the synopsis gave me big headache too. But I > just feel it should be > no more than 5/6 lines to : >

Re: What is "shift" ?

On 13 Nov 2005 at 19:19, Dylan Stamat wrote: > No, not the routine that deals with Arrays ! > > I see code like the following, everywhere: > my $coolvariable = shift; > > Why is a new scalar being assigned to "shift" ? > New to Perl... sorry for the lame question, but couldn't find an answer > a

Re: Need permissions to rename file on Windows XP

On 11 Nov 2005 at 7:02, kathyjjja wrote: > Hello everyone, > > I am trying to rename a file like this: > > rename($myFile, $newName); > > The program dies there and says "Permission Denied." > > What can I do in order to rename that file? Not much if you don't own the file, have sufficie

Re: Checking pixel sizes

On 3 Nov 2005 at 15:29, Mike Blezien wrote: > Hello, > > I'm using ImageMagick to create thumbnails and other image manipulation with > a > upload script. And was wondering if the actual pixel size can be checked with > ImageMagick ?? I've used Image::Size to do this, but was wondering it can

Re: XML Help

On 3 Nov 2005 at 7:45, Scott Taylor wrote: > > Hi All, > > I'm using XML::Simple to parse a very simple XML file and dump the data > into hashes of hashes. > > The problem I'm getting, is sometimes information is blank in the XMl > file; it looks like this: > > instead of > 1234 > > and when I

Re: Is this script safe?

On 28 Oct 2005 at 10:05, Jay Savage wrote: > On 10/27/05, John W. Krahn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Dermot Paikkos wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > > > I wanted a script that would rename files from lower to upper case. I > > > have something b

Re: about running unix command in perl script

Have a look at Net::FTP. It can do all that your asking. I think it's part of the standard distribution. perldoc Net::FTP hth. Dp. On 28 Oct 2005 at 3:37, ZHAO, BING wrote: > Hi, > Is there a way to run unix command in perl? > To be specific, for the ftp command:

Is this script safe?

Hi, I wanted a script that would rename files from lower to upper case. I have something but I am a bit worried about going live with it as I can imagine there is plenty of room for error and I really don't want to knacker my filesystem. Could I get any comments of suggestion on what I have. I

Help with file blob please

Hi, Activestate 5.8 and IM 6.2.4 This feels like a silly question to have to ask but I don't understand. I was trying to do something with perl magick and read in the documentation that I need to use a syntax like: name=>string, profile=>blob My problem is that I have never used a blob before

Re: create a calender graphic

I guess I didn't look hard enough; Dave Cross's Calender::Simple looks like it will do most of the work for me. Dp. On 13 Jul 2005 at 11:03, Perl beginners wrote: > Hi, > > I am looking for a module that might help create a graphic of a > calender in the similar format to the unix cal function:

create a calender graphic

Hi, I am looking for a module that might help create a graphic of a calender in the similar format to the unix cal function: July 2005 Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 The idea being that the u

PDF::API2

Hi perlers, This is a rather specialised query about the module PDF::API2. I am trying to create PDFs on the fly. The first attempt worked fine and I was delighted with the results. Then I was asked to make something similar with landscape orientation. It started well but I have hit a problem

RE: xml parser

Yeap that seems to have done it. Thanx Thomas. Dp. On 9 Jun 2005 at 12:23, Thomas Bätzler wrote: > Dermot Paikkos <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> asked: > > Thanx for the replies. At the moment I am testing the water > > so I am using Activestate 5.8. All I have done with >

xml parser

Hi, Thanx for the replies. At the moment I am testing the water so I am using Activestate 5.8. All I have done with XML::Simple is below. = xml-parse.pl = #!/bin/perl use strict; use XML::Simple; use Data::Dumper; my $file = shift; # Doesn't like

xml parser

Hi, I need to create a cgi program that will parse an xml file for output. I haven't began to write anything yet but had a look at the xml file I am going to work with. The snippet below contains 3 records. My question is what would be the best (easiest/fastest) way to parse the file. Should

[Summary]: End of line character

Thanx to Thomas for the quick response and answer. s/\s*$//; # delete all whitespace at the end of the string This was all that was necessary, although I like the qq tip as well. Dp. On 1 Jun 2005 at 11:27, Thomas Bätzler wrote: > Dermot Paikkos <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> coded: > [...

End of line character

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standardising spellings

Hi, I have a list of about 650 names (a small sample is below) that I need to import into a database. When you look at the list there are some obvious duplicates that are spelt slightly differently. I can rationalize some of the data with some simple substitutions but some of the data looks al

Re: DBM file or similar

ould I just stick to using a flat file and extend it as you say? Dp. On 22 Feb 2005 at 10:00, Chris Devers wrote: > On Tue, 22 Feb 2005, Dermot Paikkos wrote: > > > I am looking for a way to store firstname/surname/id values in a > > file. Currently I am using a flat file to sto

DBM file or similar

? I could continue to use a flat file. There are only 50 users to store and perhaps it would not be improved by moving to a DBM file. Thanx. Dp. ~~ Dermot Paikkos * [EMAIL PROTECTED] Network Administrator @ Science Photo Library Phone: 0207 432 1100 * Fax: 0207 286 8668 -- To unsubscribe, e

Accumlating totals with File::Find

Hi Gurus, I am stuck. I have thousands of jpegs in hundreds of folders and I would like to do a section by section tally of the number and file sizes of all the files. I am using File::Find as it is quick and good at recursively searching dirs. The files are stored in folder under a letter, th

Re: How to get the size of a hash?

Got it: if ($r->param("$param") ne "" ) { $num is now 10 and that right (only 2 stories this time). Thanx v.much for your time. Dp. On 8 Apr 2004 at 12:33, James Edward Gray II wrote: > On Apr 8, 2004, at 12:23 PM, Dermot Paikkos wrote: > > > That

Re: How to get the size of a hash?

k} => $hash{a3_storyfrom} => ...snip but how do I test for truth? Thanx. Dp. On 8 Apr 2004 at 12:33, James Edward Gray II wrote: > On Apr 8, 2004, at 12:23 PM, Dermot Paikkos wrote: > > > That's gives me all the keys (50) and I have only filled in three > > s

Re: How to get the size of a hash?

uot;."$p"; if (defined($r->param("$param")) ) { # print STDERR "\$hash{$param} => ".$r->param("$param")."\n"; $hash{$param} = $r->param("$param"); }

How to get the size of a hash?

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adding an array as a hash value

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Warn if ?

Hi Gurus, I have seen the following in example scripts but do not full understand it. "warn $x if $x" I understand what warn does but I don't understand what it is evaluating? Can someone explain. Thanx. Dp. ~~ Dermot Paikkos * [EMAIL PROTECTED] Network Administrator @ Scienc

Passing an array to a subroutine

loop with [EMAIL PROTECTED] = $tiffs[0] next is $tiffs[1]\n"; # $tiffs[1] prints undef print "Array is $bar size\n"; foreach $jpg (@tiffs) { # Put a carriage return in for MS WIN readers. my $grr = "$jpg"."\015"; print "$jpg\n"; p

pattern matching

Hi Gurus, I want to read a file and find/build an array of lines that match. Is it possible to do something like; if ( $pattern =~ /$line/ ) { dostuff; } Does perl interpolate the to variables? Or do I need to escape one of the variables? Any ideas? Dp. ~~ Dermot Paikkos * [EMAIL

Parse XML

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Do I have to fo if to catch REGEX?

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File::Temp for use with mounting remote filesystems

mpdir = tempdir(); system("mount","-t","nfs","server:/usr1","$tempdir") || die "Can't mount into $tempdir: $!\n"; I always get the OS error "no such file or directory". The dir is made so i am not sure if this is an OS prob

get PID od existing process

r if there is a module that would save a lot of work. I was thinking of doing something like: $output = `system(ps -e)` and doing some regexp on $output. Would that seem like the way to go? Dp. ~~ Dermot Paikkos * [EMAIL PROTECTED] Network Administrator @ Science Photo Library Phone: 0207 432 1

Using strict and getting return values

s the results of a sub to main. What am I doing wrong?? Dp. ~~ Dermot Paikkos * [EMAIL PROTECTED] Network Administrator @ Science Photo Library Phone: 0207 432 1100 * Fax: 0207 286 8668 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Can you manually update @INC

above path into @INC? I hope that was clear. Thanx. Dp. ~~ Dermot Paikkos * [EMAIL PROTECTED] Network Administrator @ Science Photo Library Phone: 0207 432 1100 * Fax: 0207 286 8668 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

convert ctime to a string

hoping it would come back with a date string that was human readable. Does anyone know how to either get the ctime as a string or convert the interger into a date that is meaning full?? Thanx. Dp. ~~ Dermot Paikkos * [EMAIL PROTECTED] Network Administrator @ Science Photo Library Phone: 0207

Getting CD volume info

olume name. Is there some way to get the CD name through perl. Thanx. Dp. ~~ Dermot Paikkos * [EMAIL PROTECTED] Network Administrator @ Science Photo Library Phone: 0207 432 1100 * Fax: 0207 286 8668 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

UUCP and perl (or any alternatives)

or had trouble getting this to work? thanx. Dp. ~~ Dermot Paikkos * [EMAIL PROTECTED] Network Administrator @ Science Photo Library Phone: 0207 432 1100 * Fax: 0207 286 8668 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Assigining a scalar value to an array name - how?

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Pattern match woos

) { chomp($p); ($code) = ( $p =~ /^\(\w\d+)/ ); } print "$code\t $i\n"; Most of my attempts have been trying to Esc the "<", but I am not sure these are metacharacters. Any help? Dp. ~~ Dermot Paikkos * [EMAIL PROTECTED] Network Administrator @ Science Photo Librar

Tk or menu based user interface.

along to CPAN but there are hundreds of TK modules. I do not need fancy graphics or bitmaps and this will not run on X. I want a text based menu that will run via a telnet session. Can anyone advice? What module should I get? Thanx. Dp. ~~ Dermot Paikkos * [EMAIL PROTECTED] Network

REGEX or Parse a text file

Hi Perlgurus, I am having trouble getting the data I want out of a text file: The file has this sturcture: File Name: m:\a\a084099.jpg Width x Height: 2480 x 2062 Number of Colours: True Colour (24 bits) Dots per inch: 300 x 300 Image size (inches): 8.27 x 6.87 Raw size: 15341280 Actua