Re^3: Does Perl 5 (or 6?) need another built-in variable for the -F switch?

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Re^4: Does Perl 5 (or 6?) need another built-in variable for the -F switch? by Anonymous Monk on Nov 03, 2006 at 11:47 UTC
Odd. Using \t does work (in the sense that it compiles) because `join(t, @F)` is valid Perl, and all it does is generate a warning. Using : however does not work, unless your Perl can compile `join(:, @F)`.	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^5: Does Perl 5 (or 6?) need another built-in variable for the -F switch? by jbert (Priest) on Nov 03, 2006 at 12:30 UTC
Hmmph. I (foolishly) re-typed for the comment (with an eye on the original) rather than cut-and-paste my test. You're absolutely right, this is what I'd used (from my .bash_history): `export F=: perl -na -F$F -e "shift @F; print join('$F', @F);" < foo` [download] This has the problems you noted if $F is anything special to the shell (e.g. \t, contains spaces, etc). Sorry for the lack of precision in quoting. No real excuses. Will try harder.	[reply] [d/l]