in reply to arguments to perl -e

#!/bin/bash file=$1 var=$2 cat $file | perl -e 'BEGIN { $var = $ARGV[0] } print <STDIN>' $var > o +utput

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Re^2: arguments to perl -e
by explorer (Chaplain) on Apr 08, 2006 at 09:14 UTC
    Other solution. Insert $var variable before the file and send the stream. The Perl script will read it at BEGIN step:
    #!/bin/bash file="timer" var="Two" (echo $var; cat $file) | perl -e 'BEGIN { $var=<> } print <>; END { p +rint $var }' > output

    Ok... Is UGLY, I know it... but I have impatience!