The input record separator variable ($/) is one of Perl’s special global variables. Perl has a large number of special variables (all listed and explained in the perlvar manpage), but really you only ...
Being a hired-gun developer, I inherit all kinds of client problems. Recently, I was tasked with exporting a delimited flat file from one application and formatting it so it could be imported into ...
Let me explain.<BR><BR>The CGI module handles all the decoding and whatnot of your CGI variables when you instantiate it (the new CGI; line). Then, a call to CGI->param () will return the list of ...
In the December 2000 issue of Linux Journal, I reviewed the latest edition of the classic Perl text: Programming Perl, 3rd Edition (or The Camel for short). In that review, my advice to new Perl ...
Bringing automation to ASIC design typically includes the use of “Scripts†. In the new competitive generation of chip designing where Time-to-Market is so critical, you need a way to finish your ...
Since Solaris doesn't have GNU "date", Perl seems pretty much the only game in town, if I want to convert a static time stamp to the epoch time format. Given I'm not much of a Perl wizard, how do I ...
// index.html <button id="button">Say Hello!</button> <script> document.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded", () => { document.getElementById("button ...
There are a lot of really nice scripting languages available to Unix admins, but Perl is still one of my favorites for doing any work that involves regular expressions — any text that you can describe ...