cryptic one liner explain

2009-01-30 Thread thebarn...@gmail.com
Hi I run this command and pipe the output to a perl one liner. not quite sure how it parses the data: svmon -Pt3 | perl -e 'while(<>){print if($.==2 || $& && !$x++); $.=0 if (/^--+$/)}' which outputs: --- Pid Command

Re: cryptic one liner explain

2009-01-31 Thread thebarn...@gmail.com
> > perl -ne'print if $.==2 || $& && !$x++; $.=0 if /^--+$/' > > The $.==2 tests if the current line number is 2.  If $. is 2 then the > current line is printed and the program goes on to the next statement. > If $. is not 2 then $& is tested and if $& is false then the current > line is printed an

Re: split function

2011-12-16 Thread thebarn...@gmail.com
split() splits on whitespace by default. so the "\s+/" is optional. $_ = "3 element array"; @words = split; -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: beginners-unsubscr...@perl.org For additional commands, e-mail: beginners-h...@perl.org http://learn.perl.org/

Re: ipc question

2011-12-16 Thread thebarn...@gmail.com
On Dec 14, 6:42 pm, oiss...@gmail.com (Tessio Fechine) wrote: > Hello, > I have a cgi application that has a two way communication with a ldap > application via open2: > > |home.cgi|  <===>  |ldap.pl| > > I need to keep communicating with the same ldap.pl process as other cgi > scripts are launched

Re: awk to Perl

2012-08-25 Thread thebarn...@gmail.com
> I'm tyring to covert an AWK script to Perl. Is there a better alternative > > then a2p? write down logically what you want to achieve with the awk script ( pseudocode ) then write it in perl -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: beginners-unsubscr...@perl.org For additional commands, e-mail: beginner