Re^2: grabbing dmidecode memory data - there's got to be a better way


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Re^2: grabbing dmidecode memory data - there's got to be a better way

by Tommy (Chaplain)

on Dec 28, 2012 at 19:19 UTC ( [id://1010736]=note: print w/replies, xml )

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Well, in this particular environment I have root access, but can't install CPAN modules. They've got to be builtins, or none at all. I'm stuck scraping text for the time being, from a source format which WILL change without notice down the road, and already differs from one architecture to another.

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Tommy
$ perl -MMIME::Base64 -e 'print decode_base64 "YWNlQHRvbW15YnV0bGVyLm1lCg=="'