ok; I confess: I'm pretty sure I'm not getting the point. Some kind and wise one wanta' elucidate?

from nutshell

" -n (c)auses Perl to assume the following loop around your script, which makes it iterate over filename arguments:"

LINE:
while (<>) {
... # your script goes here

"By default, the lines are not printed. See -p to have lines printed. BEGIN and END blocks may be used to capture control before or after the implicit loop."

and perl -d japh.pl produces (in relevant part):

main::(japh.pl:4):      print "Just another perl hacker."
Can't locate Term/ReadLine.pm in @INC (@INC contains: ) at C:/Perl/lib
+/perl5db.pl line 5725. 
Can't locate Term/ReadLine.pm in @INC (@INC contains: ) at C:/Perl/lib
+/perl5db.pl line 5725. 
END failed--call queue aborted at japh.pl line 5725.

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Same result obtains, with OR without filename arguments.

in cb, holli notes that removing -n produces an error...

So... without digging into all 5725 (+?) lines of ReadLine.pm, I have the impression that the true secret is the lack of "-w" in the shebang or "use warnings" ???

In reply to Re: A simple JAPH by ww
in thread A simple JAPH by Dedalus

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