Because I run a lot of test code from Perlmonks that I don't understand, and so I decided to start keeping track of it. I made a directory to hold all my tests and this dirty little script. When I run it, it creates a new file with a filename that is a number one greater than the previous one. It then links that file to current test. Requires Inline::Files. Comments welcome (I need help on learning how to *think* Perl).

P.S. I'm aware of the huge race condition potential. I don't really care, because this is "just for me code" (famous last words). 
#!/usr/bin/perl
use Inline::Files;
use warnings;
use strict;


open NUMBER, '+<';
my $number = <NUMBER>;
seek NUMBER, 0, 0;
print NUMBER ++$number;

my @args = ("vim $number && rm current_test && ln -s $number current_t
+est");

system @args and exit;

__NUMBER__
0

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