Re: kill process when file number reached...

John W. Krahn <someone@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Eric Pozharski wrote:
*SKIP*
$c = (split m{\s+}, $x)[1];

split ' ' and split m{\s+} do different things so the list element ()[1]
may not return the expected result depending on whether there is leading
whitespace in $x.

I agree, but leading space in B<ps> output would be a big surprise.

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