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Differences between Perl and PHP

I'm planning to learn Perl 5 and as I have only used PHP until now, I wanted to know a bit …

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Write to a file in Perl

Consider: #!/usr/local/bin/perl $files = "C:\\Users\\A\\workspace\\CCoverage\\backup.txt"; unlink ($files); open (OUTFILE, '>>$…

perl file-handling

How can I find out where a Perl module is installed?

How do get the path of a installed Perl module by name, e.g. Time::HiRes? I want this just …

perl path module config

How do I "use" a Perl module in a directory not in @INC?

I have a module in the parent directory of my script and I would like to 'use' it. If I …

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Regex Group in Perl: how to capture elements into array from regex group that matches unknown number of/multiple/variable occurrences from a string?

In Perl, how can I use one regex grouping to capture more than one occurrence that matches it, into several …

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Pass array and scalar to a Perl subroutine

Possible Duplicate: How do pass one array and one string as arguments to a function? I have a function, or …

perl reference subroutine

How can I run a Perl script as a system daemon in linux?

What's a simple way to get a Perl script to run as a daemon in linux? Currently, this is on …

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How do I print unique elements in Perl array?

I'm pushing elements into an array during a while statement. Each element is a teacher's name. There ends up being …

perl arrays unique

Use of 'use utf8;' gives me 'Wide character in print'

If I run the following Perl program: perl -e 'use utf8; print "鸡\n";' I get this warning: Wide character …

perl unicode utf-8

Perl flags -pe, -pi, -p, -w, -d, -i, -t?

I have seen lots of ways of running Perl code or scripts, with different flags. However, when I try to …

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