As the subject suggests, I'm trying to run a Perl script on my Debian box (kernel 2.2.20, Apache 1.3.26, Perl 5.6.1). Instead of running, however, my web browser (IE5.5) tries to download the ...

Regarding the ability to create a double-clickable Terminal script (see previous item), Scott Lahteine notes that: AppleScript Menu can do more than just run AppleScripts. It allows you to run Perl ...

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 ...

There are a lot of really nice scripting languages available to Unix admins, but Perl is still one of my favorites for doing any work that involves regular expressions — any text that you can describe ...

Each script is explained, although a “working knowledge” of Perl is needed to get much out of the discussions. My knowledge of Perl is fairly rudimentary — there’s a good reason I write stories and ...

Ok, I am a complete idiot when it come to Perl programming/scipting, so I figured I would come here to see if anyone can help me out. <P>We have a new FTP server at my work that the CAD guys use. I ...

There are numerous ways to redirect standard error in a Perl script. You can redirect the output from one particular command, you can combine standard error with ...

You don't need to be a programmer, but you'll solve harder problems faster if you can write your own code We’ve all been on the receiving end of that essentially unanswerable question, “What do you do ...