#!/usr/bin/perl -w use strict; # One array instead of 2x8 if statements my @alphabets = ( "seklbvrfzijdqypcnowmtxuagh", "elbtjpwdvzqaorfiyxnukmghsc", "velukbiyxnordctjgpwhzqafms", "orsdvejwmcbiyhfzlukxntqgpa", "yxsdicvejqfbhmpluaorgkztwn", "ejqyxsdkziurgtwcaovfbhmpln", "jqyhcaxsdlkziuevfrgtwobmpn", "atdvnsirekmfqhwobjclgypxuz" ); my $dec = $ARGV[0] && ($ARGV[0] eq '-d'); # are we decoding? my ( $i, $out ) = ( 0, '' ); foreach ( split / /, ) { # read and split a single line if ( $dec ) { eval "tr/$alphabets[$i]/a-z/"; # decoding tr/// # We need eval because tr/// does # not allow for substitutions } else { tr/A-Z/a-z/; eval "tr/a-z/$alphabets[$i]/"; # encoding tr/// -- as above, # just reversed } $out .= "$_ "; $i = ($i + 1) % @alphabets; # this will walk through 0..7 circle } print "$out\n";