[TAG] An article series I wonder what happened to...

[Benjamin A. Okopnik]

On Wed, Jun 14, 2006 at 12:33:41PM -0400, clarjon1 wrote:
> > Ah, good old "perl -wne'print if /criterion/' file.txt". :)
> Nope, it's an authentic script... with more comments than code!
> > > I use it to keep track of appointments and important stuff.  Right now
> > > i have to use a text editor to add stuff, but I'm sure I can get an
> > > input worked in eventually...
> > > I used that example of how to call up a filename, and then search for
> > > keywords.  Works for me thus far!
> >
> > Which Perl tutorial is this?
> Umm, one of the man pages...

```
ben at Fenrir:~$ cat /usr/share/perl/5.8.8/pod/*|grep -c $
156874
'''

Somewhere in the over 150k lines of'em. Oh well... :)

(BTW, do me a favor - insert a blank line between the text you're
responding to and your response. This makes it much easier to read.)
 
> Anyways, I've attatched the script as it is right now...

Except that, of course, Mailman scrubs out attachments. Feel free to
paste code bits into the body of your post - unless, of course, it's
huge (at which point, it's best to toss it some place where it's
downloadable and provide a link.)


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