Command Line single execution of a line(s) of code

I installed perl for WIN from ActiveState

D:\study\perl>perl -v

This is perl, v5.8.6 built for MSWin32-x86-multi-thread
(with 3 registered patches, see perl -V for more detail)

Copyright 1987-2004, Larry Wall

...

And I was going to try to test some code from:

http://www.perldoc.com/perl5.8.4/pod/func/split.html



Q: let's say I wanted to run a single line of code such as:

print join(':', split(/ */, 'hi there'));

... should I be able to run if from the command line like:

>perl -e print join(':', split(/ */, 'hi there'));


Q: should produce the line: " produces the output 'h:i:t:h:e:r:e'. " right
after the command right ???

- thanks & take care M.D.

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Michael De Tomaso wrote:
> I installed perl for WIN from ActiveState

<snip>

> Q: let's say I wanted to run a single line of code such as:
>
> print join(':', split(/ */, 'hi there'));
>
> ... should I be able to run if from the command line like:
> 

Yes, but you are supposed to surround the statement with quotes; in the
case of Windows it must be double-quotes:

perl -e "print join(':', split(/ */, 'hi there'))"

--
Gunnar Hjalmarsson
Email: http://www.gunnar.cc/cgi-bin/contact.pl

Try putting " quotes " around your statement:
 

perl -e "print join(':', split(/ */, 'hi there'))";
h:i:t:h:e:r:e

- take care M.D.

http://www.livejournal.com/users/datamd/1860.html

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"Michael De Tomaso" <mdetomaso@bak.rr.com> wrote in message
news:VxG7e.56$K25.34@news-wrt-01.socal.rr.com...
>I installed perl for WIN from ActiveState
>
> D:\study\perl>perl -v
>
> This is perl, v5.8.6 built for MSWin32-x86-multi-thread
> (with 3 registered patches, see perl -V for more detail)
>
> Copyright 1987-2004, Larry Wall
>
> ...
>
> And I was going to try to test some code from:
>
> http://www.perldoc.com/perl5.8.4/pod/func/split.html
>
>
>
> Q: let's say I wanted to run a single line of code such as:
>
> print join(':', split(/ */, 'hi there'));
>
> ... should I be able to run if from the command line like:
> 
>
>
> Q: should produce the line: " produces the output 'h:i:t:h:e:r:e'. " right
> after the command right ???
>
> - thanks & take care M.D.
>
> <aka>
>    _                                _
>   | |_   ___    _ __ ___     __ _  | |_   ___     ___
>   | __| / _ \  | '_ ` _ \   / _` | | __| / _ \   / _ \
>   | |_ | (_) | | | | | | | | (_| | | |_ | (_) | |  __/
>    \__| \___/  |_| |_| |_|  \__,_|  \__| \___/   \___|
>
>
>