jake

Mar
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Sun

tip: perl

chr converts ascii code to character

tips perl

Apr
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Thu

to compare strings, use eq,ne …

tips perl

Mar
9th

Fri

s///g will count the number of matches of a pattern

tips perl

Mar
1st

Thu

ord converts character to ascii equivalent

tips perl

Feb
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Tue

to substitute text in a bunch of files, perl -p -i .bak -e s/old/new/g file1 file2 …

tips perl

Oct
3rd

Tue

/s and /m modifiers can be useful when matching a flattened document w/ many newlines

tips perl

Nov
20th

Sat

when in doubt, perldoc perlvar

tips perl

Aug
31st

Tue

executing perl -MModule::Name will tell you if you have a perl module installed

tips perl

Jul
12th

Mon

install cpan modules via: perl -MCPAN -e ‘install “Module::Name”’

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