Re: scripting

[jacobs@genehack.org (John S. J. Anderson)]

jeff <jmr71769@earthlink.net> writes:

> dpkg -l | sed -e 's/$/<br>/ > dpkg.html
> dpkg -l | perl -e 'while(<>) { s/$/<br>/ && print }' > dpkg.html

<golf type="perl">
  dpkg -l | perl -lpe 's/$/<BR>/' > dpkg.html
</golf>

Darn, I thought I could make it shorter than the sed version...

john.
-- 
"However, complexity is not always the enemy."
  -- Larry Wall (Open Sources, 1999 O'Reilly and Associates)


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