On Fri, Feb 10, 2012 at 10:52 AM, Harry Putnam <rea...@newsguy.com> wrote:
>
> But these command line attempts fail:
>
> (all on one line)
> perl -e 'my ($seven, $nine) =
> (stat('./SweetwatterPk-016.jpg'))[7, 9];
> print "$seven and $nine"'
>
> output:
> syntax error at -e line 1, near "stat(."
> Search pattern not terminated at -e line 1.
It's the use of single quotes inside your stat() command. You've
already opened a single quote after your perl -e statement. Try
switching the inner single quotes to double quotes and you'll no
longer get the syntax error.
Hope that helps.
--
Kevin.
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