| Category: | Utility Scripts |
| Author/Contact Info | Rich Reuter Rich36 |
| Description: | A very simple script, but one that I use all the time. I find myself writing a lot of small Perl scripts and I find this to be a convenient method for getting started, saving a little time, and imposing a standard coding structure.
makeperl creates a new file, writes a standard format/template for a Perl script, changes the permissions to be executable, and opens the file in an editor. I also use this a lot for when I'm trying out code examples from books, online, etc. This has only been successfully tested on *nix, but should work elsewhere. |
#!/usr/bin/perl -w
# makeperl
# Script to create a perl script with the permissions of 755
# and open an editor
use strict;
if ((@ARGV != 1) || (-e $ARGV[0])) {
die qq(Please specify the name of one new file to create\nmakeperl
+ <file_name>);
}
# Set up variables
my $file = $ARGV[0];
my $date = localtime();
my $user = (getpwuid($<))[6];
# Remove the time from the date
$date =~ s/\d{2}\:\d{2}:\d{2}\s//g;
open(FILE, ">$file");
print FILE <<EOT;
#!/usr/bin/perl -w
######################################################################
+###########
#
# $file
# $date
# $user
#
# <Description of file>
#
######################################################################
+###########
#######################################################
# Setup variables and packages
#######################################################
use strict;
#######################################################
# MAIN
#######################################################
#######################################################
# Subroutines
#######################################################
######################################################################
+###########
# subName()
# <Description of Subroutine>
#
######################################################################
+###########
EOT
close FILE;
chmod (0755, $file);
# I usually open an emacs/xemacs editor for my file
# But you can configure this to whatever editor you use
exec("xemacs $file &");
#exec("vi $file &");
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(jeffa) Re: makeperl
by jeffa (Bishop) on Oct 18, 2001 at 20:20 UTC | |
by Rich36 (Chaplain) on Oct 21, 2001 at 15:03 UTC | |
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Re: makeperl
by demerphq (Chancellor) on Oct 20, 2001 at 19:02 UTC |