Thank you! That's pretty much exactly what I was looking for. I actually use the -pbp (perl best practices) flag with Perl Tidy, which sets 78-column lines for my scripts, but does not touch object params for some reason. So, 99% of my script is shortened down to 78-column lines, then I have these stragglers, these long lines that are object params. Guess I will have to do it manually (no big deal) to fit within the suggestions given above. The -pbp flag I believe sets all options to that which you find in the perltidyrc file provided by the Perl Best Practices book. Seems a little known option (it's not even in --help output), but something worthwhile knowing. Again, thank you for your excellent response.

In reply to Re^2: Best practices and any way to have Perl Tidy clean it up by walkingthecow
in thread Best practices and any way to have Perl Tidy clean it up by walkingthecow

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