Re: Perl equivalent of this script?

On 17 Jul 2006, tadmc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

Paul Lalli <mritty@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
george.varsamopoulos@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
Tad McClellan wrote:
You didn't even look in the Perl FAQ? That's not very nice.

I tried to "google" for it,

Allow me to suggest that when looking for assistance with Perl, Google
be your *last* resort, not your first.

Allow me to suggest that when looking for assistance with Perl,
posting to a Usenet newgroup be your last resort. :-)

I don't think you worded that well, Tad. Are you saying the OP should
buy a book on Perl, look at the Perl source code, e-mail Larry Wall,
etc. before he asks for help here? I think most people on the
newsgroup wouldn't call it a last resort.

Ted
.

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