Re: Clipboard transform keys

[Anonymous Monk]

pl2bat is your friend

E:\>more hi.pl
print "hi\n";

E:\>pl2bat hi.pl

E:\>hi
hi

E:\>more hi.bat
@rem = '--*-Perl-*--
@echo off
if "%OS%" == "Windows_NT" goto WinNT
perl -x -S "%0" %1 %2 %3 %4 %5 %6 %7 %8 %9
goto endofperl
:WinNT
perl -x -S %0 %*
if NOT "%COMSPEC%" == "%SystemRoot%\system32\cmd.exe" goto endofperl
if %errorlevel% == 9009 echo You do not have Perl in your PATH.
if errorlevel 1 goto script_failed_so_exit_with_non_zero_val 2>nul
goto endofperl
@rem ';
#!perl
#line 15
print "hi\n";

__END__
:endofperl

[PhilHibbs]

I have a few variants of my own, for different perl installations. Some machines in the office have 5.00502 installed but not in the path, so I add a handful of extra lines that handle this. Also, some of my perl batches are self-logging.