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in thread brackets help

Interesting. What is the ^d for?

The ^d line was a syntax error on my system, winxp activestate.

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Re^3: brackets help
by davis (Vicar) on May 10, 2005 at 09:07 UTC
    What is the ^d for?
    It's shorthand for "Control-d", or unix End-of-file character. rupesh was using perl as an interactive processor. (Type "perl" at a command prompt, enter the code, then press "Control-d"). I think windows might use CTRL-z or somesuch, but I don't actually.... care, tbh.

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