RE: Equivalent Linux tool to ppm

2002-04-01 Thread Brian Warn
Sean, Although it doesn't quite work the same as ppm, the cpan command will enable you to install any package you desire. If you've never installed it before, you'll need to use 'perl -MCPAN -e shell;' from the command line, following the directions below. I recall hearing/reading that this

simple grep/regexp question

2002-03-26 Thread Brian Warn
This is actually a straight-unix grep question. I want to look for values greater than one in a particular result. What is the recommended, etc. way to do this? -Brian -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

printf and archive questions

2002-03-15 Thread Brian Warn
Hi, two questions: is there an easy way -- using printf, etc. -- to format 100 such that it appears as 1,000,000? Also, is there a searchable archive of the beginner list anywhere? Thanks, Brian -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL

report format/output question

2001-05-31 Thread Brian Warn
Hello, I'm trying to do something fairly simple: read in colon-delimited data from a file and output it to the screen first. After that is OK, I want to send it in an email. The syntax checks out OK, but nothing outputs. Does anyone see what I'm missing? Thanks, Brian

Re: report format/output question

2001-05-31 Thread Brian Warn
Uh, never mind. I expected the output to display to STDOUT. When I opened the 'rpt' file, voila! there sat my report. - Original Message - From: Brian Warn [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, May 31, 2001 3:50 PM Subject: report format/output question Hello, I'm