unix commands and perl modules war

War Started Between Unix and Perl

unix starts arrowing on perl, let us see how perl tackles that
find -> File::Find
cp -> File::Copy
grep -> File::Grep
df -> Filesys::DiskSpace
rm -> File::Remove
time -> Benchmark
bash -> Shell
set -> debug
ping -> Net::Ping
ftp -> Net::FTP
telnet -> Net::Telnet
sort -> sort
diff -> Text::Diff
unique -> Array::Unique
date -> Time
mail -> Net::SMTP
ssh -> Net::SSH
scp -> Net::SCP
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It goes on

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Result :-
Healthy Competition

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Comment on unix commands and perl modules war
Re: unix commands and perl modules war by tux300181 (Hermit) on Apr 07, 2006 at 14:02 UTC
I add: snmp -> Net::SNMP	[reply]
Re: unix commands and perl modules war by parv (Curate) on Apr 07, 2006 at 16:26 UTC
`I haven't noticed a module to do the work of mv across file system mount points. If anybody knows of one (besides issuing a call to mv), please let me know.`	[reply]
Re^2: unix commands and perl modules war by fergal (Chaplain) on Apr 07, 2006 at 17:27 UTC
Worse still, there's no flag you can give mv to stop it moving across file systems! "This is the Unix philosophy: Write programs that do one thing and do it well. Write programs to work together. Write programs to handle text streams, because that is a universal interface." (my bolding) So mv is a wrapper around the rename() system call but it also includes cp -r and rm -r whether you want them or not. It wouldn't be so bad if it was a reversible operation but if any of your files were hard links then you're screwed.	[reply]
Re: unix commands and perl modules war by Tanktalus (Canon) on Apr 07, 2006 at 16:32 UTC
du -> Filesys::DiskUsage (I think I've flogged this module more than its author has ;->) parv - File::Copy has a mv function that does what you want (according to its POD)	[reply]
Re^2: unix commands and perl modules war by parv (Curate) on Apr 07, 2006 at 16:42 UTC
`Darn, yes that it seems; i have to try it. I must be remembring rename(). Sorry for the noise.`	[reply]
Re: unix commands and perl modules war by szabgab (Curate) on Apr 14, 2006 at 09:28 UTC
Interestingly I have just started to work on File::Tools and Pipe that might be interesting for you.	[reply]


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