Re: UNIX utilities in Perl

2004-11-11 Thread Richard Scott
http://unxutils.sourceforge.net/ always this sort of thing too, if that will help ___ Perl-Win32-Users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe: http://listserv.ActiveState.com/mailman/mysubs

Re: UNIX utilities in Perl

2004-11-10 Thread Moshe Kaminsky
* Martin Leese [EMAIL PROTECTED] [10/11/04 20:51]: Hi, I am not sure if this is the right list for this question. I suspect it belongs on a list about CPAN, but the CPAN site doesn't appear to mention one. I am working on Windows, and find I keep writing very short Perl scripts to

RE: UNIX utilities in Perl

2004-11-10 Thread vega, james
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Martin Leese Sent: Wednesday, November 10, 2004 1:40 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: UNIX utilities in Perl Hi, I am not sure if this is the right list for this question. I suspect it

RE: UNIX utilities in Perl

2004-11-10 Thread Carter Thompson
Martin, I suggest that you look at cygwin http://www.cygwin.com/ for a Unix/Linux like environment on Windows. All the commands you've mentioned are available as precompiled windows binaries. Alternatively, you could also try MKS Toolkit http://www.mks.com/ but it's not free and in my

RE: UNIX utilities in Perl

2004-11-10 Thread Thomas, Mark - BLS CTR
I am not sure if this is the right list for this question. Perl-Unix-Users would have been best. I am working on Windows, and find I keep writing very short Perl scripts to implement UNIX utilities. I call them zap_grep, zap_wc, zap_unique, zap_diff, zap_sort. My versions are very crude

Re: UNIX utilities in Perl

2004-11-10 Thread $Bill Luebkert
Thomas, Mark - BLS CTR wrote: I am not sure if this is the right list for this question. Perl-Unix-Users would have been best. I disagree. He's asking a Windoze Q that pure UNIX users are not going to know anything about. I am working on Windows, and find I keep writing very short Perl

Re: UNIX utilities in Perl

2004-11-10 Thread Suresh Govindachar
Several years ago, Tom Christiansen started the Perl Power Tools project with a goal of reimplementing all the Unix utilities in Perl. They got reasonably far, but the project stagnated around 2001. However, this year a new site was born for it, so they may have regained momentum:

Re: UNIX utilities in Perl

2004-11-10 Thread John_Wunderlich
If this is personal use on your machine, why don't you install cygwin? That will give a bash shell on your Windows box you can use for most of the shell work that you were accustomed to. (http://www.cygwin.com/) Just a thought. John Wunderlich Project Manager Ceridian [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tel:

Re: UNIX utilities in Perl

2004-11-10 Thread John_Wunderlich
Forgot to add that Windows Services for Unix is now a free download as well from Microsoft. I haven't used it so can't speak to its utility. Later, John Wunderlich Project Manager Ceridian [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tel: 514-908-3094 Fax: 514-908-3094 Mob: 514-827-7305 216 3 (superscript: ieme

Re: UNIX utilities in Perl

2004-11-10 Thread Randy Kobes
On Thu, 11 Nov 2004, Suresh Govindachar wrote: Several years ago, Tom Christiansen started the Perl Power Tools project with a goal of reimplementing all the Unix utilities in Perl. They got reasonably far, but the project stagnated around 2001. However, this year a new site was born for

Re: UNIX utilities in Perl

2004-11-10 Thread $Bill Luebkert
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: If this is personal use on your machine, why don't you install cygwin? That will give a bash shell on your Windows box you can use for most of the shell work that you were accustomed to. (http://www.cygwin.com/) The problem (for me) is that Cygwin has an emulation