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6 Perl One-Liners to Replace Common Linux Utilities

While other scripting languages have gained popularity, Perl remains a popular choice due to its robust text processing ...
TechRepublic

Use command-line Perl to make UNIX administration easier

Command-line Perl scripts can make adminstering a UNIX box easier by replacing certain commands with some routine scripts. Find out how to take advantage of this approach. Perl is everywhere. Most ...
Network World

Unix: Book review — Perl one-liners

A similar Perl pie command might change Windows (DOS) style line endings (carriage return, linefeed) to Unix style line endings (linefeed only) or to replace other bytes in a file whether the file is ...
Computerworld

Unix Tip: Displaying File Attributes with the Perl stat Command

A lot of information is available about individual files on a Unix system. For example, the ls -l command will display the permissions matrix and ls -i will display a file’s inode. But, if we want to ...
Linux Journal

Perl: The Programmer's Companion

In the December 2000 issue of Linux Journal, I reviewed the latest edition of the classic Perl text: Programming Perl, 3rd Edition (or The Camel for short). In that review, my advice to new Perl ...
Linux Journal

Embedding Perl in MySQL

Despite the fact that MySQL comes with a rich set of functions, at some point you will find yourself wishing for some additional function or needing an advanced regular expression engine. To solve ...