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 Access a dynamic variable while a similarly named lexical is in scope | 5.0 (all versions), 4.0 (all versions) | Beginner /
Found on the World Wide Web | 7784 since
7/29/2000 10:54:00 PM |
By 2 Users
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How can I access a dynamic variable while a similarly named lexical is in scope?
You can do this via symbolic references, provided you haven't set use strict "refs". So instead of $var, use ${'var'}.
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 Automate Periodic downloads or released files and packages | 5.0 (all versions), 4.0 (all versions), 3.0 (all versions), Pre 3.0 | Intermediate /
Found on the World Wide Web | 13906 since
7/29/2000 11:59:37 PM |
By 1 Users
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Automate Periodic downloads or released files and packages.
This small utility makes it possible to keep a list of URLs in a
configuration file and periodically retrieve those pages or files with
simple command. This utility is best suited for small batch ...(description truncated) |
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Autoresponder | 5.0 (all versions), 4.0 (all versions), 3.0 (all versions), Pre 3.0 | Intermediate /
Found on the World Wide Web | 21916 since
7/30/2000 12:45:04 AM |
By 3 Users
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A script for receiving a mail and immediately replying |
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Backup Job Reporter | 5.0 (all versions), 4.0 (all versions), 3.0 (all versions), Pre 3.0 | Intermediate /
Found on the World Wide Web | 8325 since
7/30/2000 12:15:29 AM | Unrated
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This is a general script for many types of backup jobs. You can use it
to configure different types of backups, which can run together
or independently of each other. It also formats a nice report
for each backup job. |
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Build RPM or PPM packages automatically | 5.0 (all versions), 4.0 (all versions), 3.0 (all versions), Pre 3.0 | Intermediate /
Found on the World Wide Web | 12593 since
7/30/2000 12:16:47 AM | Unrated
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This script can be used to build RPM or PPM packages automatically |
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Bypassing prototypes | 5.0 (all versions), 4.0 (all versions) | Beginner /
Found on the World Wide Web | 7926 since
7/29/2000 10:56:19 PM |
By 2 Users
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What's the difference between calling a function as &foo and foo()? |
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Catch accesses to undefined variables/ functions/ methods | 5.0 (all versions), 4.0 (all versions) | Beginner /
Found on the World Wide Web | 7004 since
7/29/2000 10:57:51 PM |
By 1 Users
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How can I catch accesses to undefined variables/ functions/ methods? Here's how... |
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CGI Servlet | 5.0 (all versions), 4.0 (all versions) | Advanced /
Found on the World Wide Web | 8383 since
7/29/2000 11:43:22 PM | Unrated
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pl Whenever an HTTP request is received, the specified CGI script is
started inside a child process as if it was inside a real server (e.g.,
Apache). The evironment variables are set more or less as in Apache.
Note that CGIservlet only uses a SINGLE sc ...(description truncated) |
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Check FatBrain for books | 5.0 (all versions), 4.0 (all versions), 3.0 (all versions), Pre 3.0 | Intermediate /
Found on the World Wide Web | 12479 since
7/30/2000 12:21:51 AM |
By 2 Users
2 Excellent Ratings
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This script takes a list of books and looks to see if they are considered published on fatbrain.
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Checks given files for date matches | 5.0 (all versions), 4.0 (all versions), 3.0 (all versions), Pre 3.0 | Intermediate /
Found on the World Wide Web | 9209 since
7/30/2000 12:20:40 AM | Unrated
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This script checks given files for dates matching a given format and compare
this with the date of last modification of the file. The main motivation for writing this script was to adjust the dates of last
modification in today over 1.100 pages on a const ...(description truncated) |
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Clear a package | 5.0 (all versions), 4.0 (all versions) | Intermediate /
Found on the World Wide Web | 12857 since
7/29/2000 10:59:50 PM |
By 1 Users
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How do I clear a package?
Use this code, provided by Mark-Jason Dominus:
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Clear WIN NT event log | 5.0 (all versions), 4.0 (all versions), 3.0 (all versions), Pre 3.0 | Intermediate /
Found on the World Wide Web | 10235 since
7/30/2000 12:38:08 AM | Unrated
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Clears out events in the WinNT event log - System, Security, and
Application logs - and creates a backup copy, optionally gzip'ing
it, if you have gzip installed |
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Closure | 5.0 (all versions), 4.0 (all versions) | Advanced /
Found on the World Wide Web | 13064 since
7/29/2000 10:46:18 PM |
By 2 Users
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What's a closure? Closure is a computer science term with a precise but hard-to-explain meaning. Closures are implemented in Perl as anonymous subroutines with lasting references to lexical variables outside their own scopes. These lexicals magically refe ...(description truncated) |
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comment out a large block of perl code | 5.0 (all versions), 4.0 (all versions) | Beginner /
Found on the World Wide Web | 15084 since
7/29/2000 10:59:10 PM |
By 2 Users
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How can I comment out a large block of perl code? Use embedded POD to discard it:
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concatenate AIFC and RIFF WAVE | 5.0 (all versions), 4.0 (all versions), 3.0 (all versions), Pre 3.0 | Intermediate /
Found on the World Wide Web | 4573 since
7/30/2000 12:26:41 AM | Unrated
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catAIFC.pl concatenates AIFC and RIFF WAVE files in a single output stream.
All files MUST have identical audio formats and structures (channels, sample
rates etc.). ALL sound chunks are combined. Compressed files might not be
concattenated correctly. M ...(description truncated) |
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Conver POD to valid xml stream | 5.0 (all versions), 4.0 (all versions), 3.0 (all versions), Pre 3.0 | Intermediate /
Found on the World Wide Web | 3292 since
7/29/2000 11:57:02 PM | Unrated
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pod2xml converts embedded perl dokumentation,
known as pod, to a valid xml-stream.
the inputfile can be any ascii formatted file
with pdo-tags included.
this is a very early beta-version, so use it
carefully. |
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 Converts pure text files into nice looking, possibly | 5.0 (all versions), 4.0 (all versions), 3.0 (all versions), Pre 3.0 | Intermediate /
Found on the World Wide Web | 4019 since
7/30/2000 12:02:38 AM | Unrated
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This program converts pure text files into nice looking, possibly
framed HTML pages.
Requirements for the input ascii files
The file must be written in Technical format, whose layout is
described when you run the program with --help. Basicly, you have
two ...(description truncated) |
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Count Mail | 5.0 (all versions), 4.0 (all versions), 3.0 (all versions), Pre 3.0 | Intermediate /
Found on the World Wide Web | 8665 since
7/30/2000 12:07:24 AM |
By 1 Users
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This script scans the current mail log and several recent
mail log archives, and searches for messages sent to or from
a particular address. It counts them up and mails a report
with an inbound count and an outbound count. |
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Create a switch or case statement | 5.0 (all versions), 4.0 (all versions) | Beginner /
Found on the World Wide Web | 26397 since
7/29/2000 10:57:07 PM |
By 2 Users
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How do I create a switch or case statement? |
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Cut a large file into smaller pieces | 5.0 (all versions), 4.0 (all versions), 3.0 (all versions), Pre 3.0 | Intermediate /
Found on the World Wide Web | 5314 since
7/29/2000 11:52:51 PM | Unrated
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cut-file.pl - to cut a large file into smaller pieces so that they can be copied from one computer to another piece by piece.
Run "%perl cut-file.pl -help" to find out command-line options.
To download, visit:
http://www.perl.com/CPAN
or
http://www.fre ...(description truncated) |
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dailydiff 1.0 | 5.0 (all versions), 4.0 (all versions), 3.0 (all versions), Pre 3.0 | Intermediate /
Found on the World Wide Web | 6168 since
7/30/2000 12:17:56 AM | Unrated
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Creates a tar file of all the files in a particular directory
that have been modified in the last 24 hours. |
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Debug HTTP transactions | 5.0 (all versions), 4.0 (all versions) | Intermediate /
Found on the World Wide Web | 4476 since
7/29/2000 11:36:23 PM |
By 1 Users
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This is a tool to help you debug HTTP transactions. It uses both
the HTTP server and HTTP client functionalities of the LWP bundle.
Using this script, you can easily and quickly mimic and tweak transactions
between servers and clients. You operate this ...(description truncated) |
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Declare/create a structure | 5.0 (all versions), 4.0 (all versions) | Beginner /
Found on the World Wide Web | 7068 since
7/29/2000 10:42:37 PM |
By 2 Users
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How do I declare/create a structure? |
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Deep vs shallow binding | 5.0 (all versions), 4.0 (all versions) | Intermediate /
Found on the World Wide Web | 20938 since
7/29/2000 10:54:31 PM |
By 2 Users
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What's the difference between deep and shallow binding? |
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Disk Usage Pie Chart | 5.0 (all versions), Active Perl specific, 4.0 (all versions), 3.0 (all versions) | Intermediate /
Found on the World Wide Web | 24245 since
7/30/2000 12:51:50 AM |
By 3 Users
2 Excellent Ratings
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pie chart representing disk usage for a directory |
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