in reply to Re: Myth busted: Shell isn't always faster than Perl
in thread Myth busted: Shell isn't always faster than Perl

Fore!

sub { unlink if -f }
:-)

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Re^3: Myth busted: Shell isn't always faster than Perl
by jdporter (Paladin) on Dec 31, 2005 at 17:32 UTC

    Yes, my reply originally looked like that; but as the OP said, you may want to do additional things, such as reporting.

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