Re: [Perl-unix-users] How to parse a date string and convert it intomm/dd/yyyy format

Almost... This works: ($date) = $data =~ m/^.+\|(\d+)/; Then as below. It needs the '+'. Deane Rothenmaier Systems Architect Walgreens Corp. 847-914-5150 "Science is not only compatible with spirituality; it is a profound source of spirituality." -- Carl Sagan &quo

Re: [Perl-unix-users] How to parse a date string and convert it intomm/dd/yyyy format

Almost... This works: ($date) = $data =~ m/^.+\|(\d+)/; Then as below. It needs the '+'. Deane Rothenmaier Systems Architect Walgreens Corp. 847-914-5150 "Science is not only compatible with spirituality; it is a profound source of spirituality." -- Carl Sagan &quo

Re: [Perl-unix-users] perl -v and $] Give different versions?

This looks suspiciously like a registry value. The reg stores version numbers as a REG_DWORD (hex number), and I'll wager that if you looked up your Perl info in it, you'd see something like 0x05008005. "Somehow," this would decode to 5.008005, or maybe translate directly to 5.8.5. Anyway, the inf