Hi Erez
You may also be surprised to learn that all perl features are well documented.
You get the index with "perldoc perl", and the page referring to the one you
needed "perldoc perlvar".
I'd recommend reading all the online docs as they describe all the features of
the language.
--
Andr
Erez Schatz wrote on 08/21/2009 02:58:23 PM:
> You can also read on all the special variables in Perl by typing
> 'perldoc perlvar' on your shell, or at
> http://perldoc.perl.org/perlvar.html
>
Thanks, Erez. That's exactly what I was looking for. (told you
it was a noob question)
> 2009/8/21
You can also read on all the special variables in Perl by typing
'perldoc perlvar' on your shell, or at
http://perldoc.perl.org/perlvar.html
2009/8/21 Erez Schatz :
> 2009/8/21 :
>> In *NIX shell scripting, the variable $0 refers to the
>> zeroth command line parameter,
>> i.e., the program itsel
this is what i use for all my scripts. note there are 2 underscores "_"
before and after FILE
my $program_name = __FILE__;
$program_name =~ s/^.*\///;# remove all path, leaving only actual
program name
On Fri, Aug 21, 2009 at 1:52 PM, wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> I am about as noob as you ca
pdfe...@aep.com wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> I am about as noob as you can get so please forgive my complete naivete.
>
> I have jumped into the world of perl with both feet and have gotten hung
> up on a seemingly
> trivial matter. In *NIX shell scripting, the variable $0 refers to the
> zeroth comm
2009/8/21 :
> In *NIX shell scripting, the variable $0 refers to the
> zeroth command line parameter,
> i.e., the program itself. I would like to use something like this in my
> perl scripts. Is there an
> equivalent to this in perl?
>
(un)surprisingly enough, it's $0.
--
Erez
"The governmen
Hi All,
I am about as noob as you can get so please forgive my complete naivete.
I have jumped into the world of perl with both feet and have gotten hung
up on a seemingly
trivial matter. In *NIX shell scripting, the variable $0 refers to the
zeroth command line parameter,
i.e., the program i
