Well, you need to assume a lot more than that. Remember that
everyone's perl is a little different, and "perl -v" does
NOT necessarily have "Copyright 1987-1999, Larry Wall"
as the third line of the output. Specifically, I tried this
on three platforms, and all gave different outputs, until I found
one that did output the desired string (yes, I'll reveal it
here, as it may not work on many platforms):
"Marry had a littl lamb." Don't know if your machine's
third line is a little different, and thus the extra 'r'
and the missing 'e'.
A Solaris box output this:
Match
padrarieeram
which made me wonder what obscure song *that* referred to! :)
Perhaps have a way to search for the correct line? The concept
is a good idea...