Somu wrote:
> I'm not certain about what EXPR is..
EXPR is any valid Perl expression.
> How do i use glob?
perldoc -f glob
perldoc File::Glob
> My next question is regarding opening pipes. I tried the following:
> open ( FH , " notepad " );
> print FH 'hello' ;
| is the pipe character so something like:
open FH, '| notepad' or die "Cannot open pipe to notepad: $!";
print FH 'hello';
close FH or warn $! ? "Error closing notepad pipe: $!"
: "Exit status $? from notepad";
perldoc -f open
perldoc -f close
perldoc perlopentut
> But its only opening the notepad application, and nothing shows up on
> the notepad..
John
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