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Brian Volk

2005-10-19, 9:55 pm

Hi All~



Is there a perldoc that will list the available arguments and there meanings
for perl-one-liners?



I saw this in an earlier email; Subject: Delete a char from a file



Perl -pi -e '/s/%/ /' filename



I'm guessing the -i is for in-place edit and the -e is checking to see if
the file exist... I have no idea what the -p is for but I would like to be
able to look it up. :~)



Thanks!



brian volk




John W. Krahn

2005-10-19, 9:55 pm

Brian Volk wrote:
> Hi All~


Hello,

> Is there a perldoc that will list the available arguments and there meanings
> for perl-one-liners?


perldoc perlrun

> I saw this in an earlier email; Subject: Delete a char from a file
>
> Perl -pi -e '/s/%/ /' filename


What you probably saw was:

perl -pi -e 's/%//g' filename

> I'm guessing the -i is for in-place edit


Yes.

> and the -e is checking to see if the file exist...


No. See "perldoc perlrun".

> I have no idea what the -p is for but I would like to be
> able to look it up. :~)


perldoc perlrun



John
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Jeff 'japhy' Pinyan

2005-10-19, 9:55 pm

On Oct 19, Brian Volk said:

> Is there a perldoc that will list the available arguments and there meanings
> for perl-one-liners?


Yes. To try and figure out what perldoc to look at for a given topic, do:

perldoc perldoc

which will show the names of the documentation sections and a brief
summary of their purpose. You should see 'perlrun' listed as the one
describing the command-line options to perl.

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Randy W. Sims

2005-10-19, 9:55 pm

Jeff 'japhy' Pinyan wrote:
> On Oct 19, Brian Volk said:
>
>
> Yes. To try and figure out what perldoc to look at for a given topic, do:
>
> perldoc perldoc


You mean `perldoc perl` ? ;)

Jeff 'japhy' Pinyan

2005-10-19, 9:55 pm

On Oct 19, Randy W. Sims said:

> Jeff 'japhy' Pinyan wrote:
>
> You mean `perldoc perl` ? ;)


Oy vay. Yes. What a gaffe.

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Jeff "japhy" Pinyan % How can we ever be the sold short or
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Paul Lalli

2005-10-20, 7:55 am

Jeff 'japhy' Pinyan wrote:
> On Oct 19, Randy W. Sims said:
>
>
> Oy vay. Yes. What a gaffe.


There is also
perldoc perltoc
Which givest the same listing of all the perldocs as does `perldoc
perl`, but also gives the section headings within each individual
perldoc, to give you a better clue as to what you might find in there.

Paul Lalli

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