RE: [Perl-unix-users] the #! construct to start perl on your system

2002-04-23 Thread Craig B. Nakata
Mahdi, Question 1: I believe the ":" at the beginning of the script means "use bourne shell to execute this script. Question 2: I don't know of any way, unless you start the script with "perl scriptname." Hope this helps, Craig > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:per

RE: [Perl-unix-users] ^M characters

2002-04-23 Thread Pragneshkumar Gandhi
Hi Nagesh Even u can use the "UL" command of Unix and give swith " -t dump" All The Best BYe FAILURE MEANS DELAY, NOT DEFEAT. = Living on Earth may be expensive, but it includes an annual free trip round the Sun. Regards, Pragneshkumar Gandhi, India. __

RE: [Perl-unix-users] ^M characters

2002-04-23 Thread Craig B. Nakata
Nagesh, The ^M is a carriage return it come from Windows. Windows uses a carriage return new line (CR/LF) for an end of line. On unix the end of line is a new line (LF). To get rid of the CR you can do a "dos2unix" on the attachment, if you want to use perl you can do a substitution on the car

Re: [Perl-unix-users] Text based browsers which support SSL

2002-04-23 Thread Edward Moon
Newer versions of Lynx (I know 2.8pre and higher) supports SSL as well as basic authentication. If you run 'lynx -version', you should get something like below. Look for 'OpenSSL' to ensure that your version of Lynx supports SSL: Lynx Version 2.8.4rel.1 (17 Jul 2001) libwww-FM 2.14, SSL-MM 1.4.

[Perl-unix-users] Text based browsers which support SSL

2002-04-23 Thread Siva Namburi
All, Does anybody know if text based browsers out there which support SSL handshake's. I mean you can browse a site which has both user authentication and links are all ssl links. For ex: https://www.website.com thanks, siva ___ Perl-Unix-User

RE: [Perl-unix-users] the #! construct to start perl on your system

2002-04-23 Thread Mahdi A. Sbeih
Hi Bill, What about the "The alternative is to force" asked by the Configure script. Regards, Mahdi. -Original Message- From: $Bill Luebkert [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, April 23, 2002 5:07 PM To: Mahdi A. Sbeih Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [Perl-unix-users] the

Re: [Perl-unix-users] the #! construct to start perl on your system

2002-04-23 Thread $Bill Luebkert
Mahdi A. Sbeih wrote: > Hi there, > > > I am installing now Perl 5 on my Solaris box, > > I am trying to understand this question that I am > being asked by Configure script: > > I can use the #! construct to start Perl on your system. This will > make startup of Perl scripts faster, but may

RE: [Perl-unix-users] the #! construct to start perl on your system

2002-04-23 Thread Mahdi A. Sbeih
Thanks Edward, I put #!perl -w as the first line, it didn't work, I made sure that I has the right perl in my path, by running: $which perl I didn't also get the point for the use of ':' in the first line of the script instead of using the #! construct. Regards, Mahdi, -Original Messag

Re: [Perl-unix-users] the #! construct to start perl on your system

2002-04-23 Thread Edward G. Orton
- Original Message - From: "Mahdi A. Sbeih" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, April 23, 2002 12:20 PM Subject: [Perl-unix-users] the #! construct to start perl on your system > Hi there, > > > I am installing now Perl 5 on my Solaris box, > > I am trying to under

[Perl-unix-users] the #! construct to start perl on your system

2002-04-23 Thread Mahdi A. Sbeih
Hi there, I am installing now Perl 5 on my Solaris box, I am trying to understand this question that I am being asked by Configure script: I can use the #! construct to start Perl on your system. This will make startup of Perl scripts faster, but may cause problems if you want to share those s

Re: [Perl-unix-users] Changing values

2002-04-23 Thread Simon Oliver
Johnno wrote: > > How do i change $value="View Data" to $value="View_Data"; I guess you mean you want to substitue all spaces with underscores? $value =~ tr/ /_/; If you need any number of consecutive spaces to be a single underscore: $value =~ tr/ /_/s; If you need any amount of white spa

RE: [Perl-unix-users] Changing values

2002-04-23 Thread BWilson
The regex below will replace the space with an underscore. my $value="View Data"; $value =~ s/ /_/; Bryan -Original Message- From: Johnno [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, April 23, 2002 7:55 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [Perl-unix-users] Changing values How

Re: [Perl-unix-users] Changing values

2002-04-23 Thread Trevor Joerges
If all you are wanting to do a change a scalar variable then you just did it and answered your own question. Try: $value = "View Data"; print "$value\n"; $value = "View_Data"; print "$value\n"; If what you are trying to do here is turn all spaces into underscores then you need a regex something

[Perl-unix-users] Changing values

2002-04-23 Thread Johnno
How do i change $value="View Data" to $value="View_Data"; Many Thanks, Johnno ___ Perl-Unix-Users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe: http://listserv.ActiveState.com/mailman/mysubs

Re: [Perl-unix-users] ^M characters

2002-04-23 Thread $Bill Luebkert
Nagesh Reddy wrote: > Hi all , > > I have a problem after detaching a attachment from a e-mail , > I am able to see that the detached attachment contains ^M > characters appended to each line. > Can anyone tell me how do i get rid of the ^M characters > in the file detac

Re: [Perl-unix-users] ^M characters

2002-04-23 Thread Nagesh Reddy
Hi Justin , I have a program which uses MIME:Parser package to detach the attachments coming through e-mail . The attachment is detached perfectly but i am finding some ^M characters at the end of each line after detaching. Are these characters coming originally in the attach

RE: [Perl-unix-users] ^M characters

2002-04-23 Thread Allegakoen, Justin Devanandan
Just what exactly is your Perl question? Is it how can Perl get rid of ^M characters? Just how exactly are the files detached (sic)? Normally ^M characters arise from FTP'ing ASCII files in binary mode, are you doing this? -Original Message- From: Nagesh Reddy [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTE

[Perl-unix-users] ^M characters

2002-04-23 Thread Nagesh Reddy
Hi all , I have a problem after detaching a attachment from a e-mail , I am able to see that the detached attachment contains ^M characters appended to each line. Can anyone tell me how do i get rid of the ^M characters in the file detached from a e-mail. Thanks, Nage