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use Cwd qw(abs_path); 
qwurx [shmem] ~ > perl -MCwd=abs_path -le 'print abs_path("/usr/lib/pe
+rl5/../../lib/perl5")'
/usr/lib/perl5

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--shmem 

_($_=" "x(1<<5)."?\n".q·/)Oo.  G°\        /
                              /\_¯/(q    /
----------------------------  \__(m.====·.(_("always off the crowd"))."·
");sub _{s./.($e="'Itrs `mnsgdq Gdbj O`qkdq")=~y/"-y/#-z/;$e.e && print}

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