> -----Original Message----- > From: WC -Sx- Jones [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, 9 March 2004 6:58 AM > To: Rajesh Dorairajan > Cc: Perl-Beginners (E-mail) > Subject: Re: Modifying text in a shell script from Perl > > Rajesh Dorairajan wrote: > > > "cat copyright | more" > > Useless use of cat award. > > Wonder why didnt the author use more copyright or less copyright?
FYI... In ye olden days, 'less' didn't exist, and more didn't take parameters. You'll see this kind of construct often if you look at scripts which try too hard to be compatible with everything.. There's more than one way to cat a skin.. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://learn.perl.org/> <http://learn.perl.org/first-response>
