You're right. It is Perl 101. People have provided the answer already, so I'll indulge my curiosity. Why are you asking? Comparing Perl to other languages before deciding which one(s) to learn? Checking out how monks handle questions?

If you decide you're going to learn Perl I highly recommend spending a weekend with Learning Perl. It will get you past the crawling stage and into walking with the language quickly. After working through that book you'll be able to follow on with your own explorations. A weekend, without too many distractions, is enough time to do every problem in the book. Well, provided you have some programming background. Your question indicates that you do have that.

Be Appropriate && Follow Your Curiosity

In reply to Re: How do I read data passed to perl script by mikeraz
in thread How do I read data passed to perl script by dtharby

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