Re: How-To on Perl one-liners

[ww]

by inference, the big issue for you is apt to be correctly escaping DOS shell characters such as \, on which answers can be found at MS or perhaps even with a supersearch here.

Re the rest, you can turn a script-file into a one liner for most tasks on the order of what you pseudo-coded by simply removing the returns. Now, yes, that's a tad oversimplified, but as a mechanism for learning what you ask about, those that don't work are probably as instructive as those that do

(ww is the monk formerly known as schodckwm)

[willyyam]

I appreciate the advice. It reminds me that I need to be explicit about what platform I'm using. Too much time talking only to people who use one OS limits my thinking. I use Linux, but it is plainly very good to know about shell escapes. Thanks again.