How do I reverse lines of a file or files under Linux or Unix like operating systems?
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perl script
I’ve written a Perl script that connects to our central server for me and it allows me feed data so that I make a timesheet later. How do I run my script when I log out from Apple OS X or Linux / UNIX workstation using bash shell?
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Q. I’m new to Linux and Perl. I’ve printed perl man page but it is bit confusing and omits a lot of simple things or details. Can you tell me how do I write a perl script? How do I open perl editor?
A. Larry Wall began work on Perl in 1987 and it is a dynamic programming language. Traditionally perl programs are written using text editor such as vi or emacs. The overall structure of Perl derives broadly from C.
Also when you start learning a new programming language, always start with Hello world program.
Hello world Perl Program
Let us print Hello world from a shell prompt. Type the following command (excluding $ ):
$ perl -e 'print "Hello, world!\n"';
Output:
Hello, world!
Let us write hello world program using vi text editor:
$ vi hello.pl
Append code as follows:
#!/usr/bin/perl
print "Hello, world!\n";
Save and close the file. Now setup a execute permission:
$ chmod +x hello.pl
Finally execute perl program:
$ ./hello.pl
- First, I used the vi command to create a file named hello.pl
- The first line of the script used to specify that the script is to be executed by perl program (#!/usr/bin/perl) and not by a shell.
- Print command prints hello world on screen. Please note that the notation \n which stands for newline i.e. print a newline.
Further reading
This is just a simple introduction. You should consider following text books & resources for more information and mastering the perl:
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Q. How Can I send html email from cgi perl program under UNIX / Linux and Apache web sever?
A. Sending HTML email is an easy task with MIME::Lite CPAN module. It is a low-calorie MIME generator.
It can be use to send html emails, graphics file email attachments as a single-part or multi-part message. Here is simple perl script that sends html email.
Install Perl MIME::Lite
If you do not have MIME::Lite module, install using following command (login as a root user):
# cpan -i MIME::Lite
Perl script code
Script to send html email from perl:
#!/usr/bin/perl -w use strict; use MIME::Lite; # SendTo email id my $email = 'user@somewhere.com'; # create a new MIME Lite based email my $msg = MIME::Lite->new ( Subject => "HTML email test", From => 'YOU@somewhere.com', To => $email, Type => 'text/html', Data => '<H1>Hello</H1><br>This is a test email. Please visit our site <a href="http://cyberciti.biz/">online</a><hr>' ); $msg->send();
Save the script and execute it. Here is an email (sample) send by above script:
perldoc MIME::Lite