in reply to checking syntax on multiple files

Save this tiny script as perl-checkall...

#!/usr/bin/env perl

for (@ARGV) {
    die "Not oll korrect!\n" if system $^X, '-c', $_;
}

exit(0);

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Now, in Makefile...

install: foo bar
    perl-checkall $^
    $(INSTALL) $^ /usr/local/bin

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perl -E'sub Monkey::do{say$_,for@_,do{($monkey=[caller(0)]->[3])=~s{::}{ }and$monkey}}"Monkey say"->Monkey::do'

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