Good question. I went to a script right away after the difficulty with the one-liner and returned to the command line syntax problem more out of curiosity than anything else. I'm a fan of the command line because once I get one that works all I need is the 'history' command and an up arrow key to retrieve it--one less file. You're right though, cleverness is overated. Stu
> -- > > We run into one of these "How do I do this in a one-liner?" questions > pretty frequently, and I for one have to ask, what exactly makes the > one-liner so compelling, especially when you are using it for something > that will be run repeatedly? > > IMHO it would have been much more practical to just create a three line > Perl script and run it from the command-line. It makes it easier to > read, doesn't discourage commenting, and avoids the contortions > sometimes needed to cram it all into one line. > > -- _______________________________________________ Search for businesses by name, location, or phone number. -Lycos Yellow Pages http://r.lycos.com/r/yp_emailfooter/http://yellowpages.lycos.com/default.asp?SRC=lycos10 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://learn.perl.org/> <http://learn.perl.org/first-response>
