Re: please return answer to me on hot mail as well. thank you very much

[Wiggins d'Anconia]

Not sure I see what this has to do with Perl advocacy.  Questions of 
this nature are better suited to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and will generally 
be better received there, though you need to do the proper amount of 
homework before requesting someone provide you code.

http://learn.perl.org

Would be a place to start.

http://danconia.org

Colin Weaver wrote:
this program in sh bourne ..
works very well with my data file .OVEN
this is it.           but how would u write it in my beloved perl !
#!/bin/sh
if test $# -ne 2
then
        echo ""
        echo Error:  Usage: $0 OVEN  
        echo ""
        exit 1
fi
if test ! -f $1
then
        echo ""
        echo Error:  File \'$1\' does not exist 
        echo ""
        exit 2
fi

if test -z "`grep -i $2 $1 $6 $7 `" 
then
        echo ""
        echo Error:  No records found for \'$2\'$6\'$7\' oven makers 
        echo ""
        exit 3
else 
echo ""
echo List of ovens in \'$2\'  in descending seat_capacity order
echo ""
grep -i $2 $1  | sort -b -n  -k3 
echo ""
fi
exit 0
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