RE: perl -e 'comand' doesn't work

2004-10-27 Thread Joseph Discenza 
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:I am using Perl v5.6.0 623 build from ActivePerl. When I 
:  issue perl -e 'command', it should execute the command as 
:  described in the documentation.  Could anybody shed any 
:  light on this?  Thanks.

Your subject line says it all.

Single quotes don't work in the DOS shell for perl -e. Maybe someone knows
why, but it's a shell thing. You also have to use qq(..) instead of double
quotes inside your one-liners, or the shell thinks it's the end of the
command.

Good luck,

Joe

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Re: perl -e 'comand' doesn't work

2004-10-27 Thread $Bill Luebkert 
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> Hi, 
>   I am using Perl v5.6.0 623 build from ActivePerl. When I issue perl -e 'command', 
> it should execute the command as described in the documentation.  Could anybody shed 
> any light on this?  Thanks.
> 
> D:\Perl\bin>perl -e 'print xxx'
> Can't find string terminator "'" anywhere before EOF at -e line 1.
> 
> D:\Perl\bin>perl -e 'print xxx;'
> Can't find string terminator "'" anywhere before EOF at -e line 1.
> 
> D:\Perl\bin>perl -e "print ;"
> 
> D:\Perl\bin>perl -e "print xxx"

None of those are valid syntax in both the cmd shell and perl.

perl -e "print qq{xxx\n}"

perl -e "print 'xxx'"

PS: You should always end a line with \n to make sure it's forced out
with buffering on - so I don't recommend the seccond form.

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Re: perl -e 'comand' doesn't work

2004-10-27 Thread Dana Doten 
gliu25,

Try this:

perl -e "print \"xxx\";

Have to escape the quotes in the code.

Have fun,

Dana

Wednesday, October 27, 2004, 10:21:38 AM, you wrote:

> Hi, 
>   I am using Perl v5.6.0 623 build from ActivePerl. When I issue
> perl -e 'command', it should execute the command as described in the
> documentation.  Could anybody shed any light on this?  Thanks.

D:\Perl\bin>>perl -e 'print xxx'
> Can't find string terminator "'" anywhere before EOF at -e line 1.

D:\Perl\bin>>perl -e 'print xxx;'
> Can't find string terminator "'" anywhere before EOF at -e line 1.

D:\Perl\bin>>perl -e "print ;"

D:\Perl\bin>>perl -e "print xxx"



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perl -e 'comand' doesn't work

2004-10-27 Thread gliu25 
Hi, 
  I am using Perl v5.6.0 623 build from ActivePerl. When I issue perl -e 'command', it 
should execute the command as described in the documentation.  Could anybody shed any 
light on this?  Thanks.

D:\Perl\bin>perl -e 'print xxx'
Can't find string terminator "'" anywhere before EOF at -e line 1.

D:\Perl\bin>perl -e 'print xxx;'
Can't find string terminator "'" anywhere before EOF at -e line 1.

D:\Perl\bin>perl -e "print ;"

D:\Perl\bin>perl -e "print xxx"



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