in reply to Will pay $20 for 5 minutes help from Perl guru

Also, if you're looking to hire a Perl developer, you could check out http://jobs.perl.org and post there. It's a mailing list that a number of us (plus a whole bunch of other people) are on.

In addition, there are a ton of freelancing boards, many of which specialize in the 10-minute deal.

That said, post your problem. Most of us love solving problems like this, just for the fun of it.

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