Re: Nothin' but punctuation

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Re^2: Nothin' but punctuation by Sue D. Nymme (Monk) on Jun 01, 2009 at 21:06 UTC
Assuming you don't have a program named "60" (<grin>), it populates `$!` with a known error message, “No such file or directory”. Later, the line `$!=~/(.)(.).(.)(.)(.)(.)..(.)(.)(.)..(.)......(.)/` fetches some characters from that string. It then mangles and glues those characters together into a shell command, which is executed in the last ¾ of the fourth line. Hope this helps....	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^3: Nothin' but punctuation by Anonymous Monk on Sep 17, 2009 at 17:00 UTC
I think it gets the text of not existing file "60" and processes is further. Try to run it in a different locale :-) The last statement will not become `echo Just another Perl hacker.`	[reply]
Re^2: Nothin' but punctuation by ikegami (Patriarch) on Jun 01, 2009 at 20:36 UTC
It sets `$?` to -1 (any non-Windows system), and `$!` to `ENOENT` (any non-Windows system). `ENOENT` is `2/"No such file or directory"` on linux. I don't know if the program relies on this. ...unless, of course, you have a program named `60`.	[reply] [d/l] [select]