Downloading and Installing Perl in 2021
How to download and install Perl on Windows, macOS, and Linux
How to download and install Perl on Windows, macOS, and Linux
With Perl it is always easier than you think
Compiling Rakudo on Windows is easier than you think
The open source programming puzzler that will level-up your Perl programming
Think you know how to fix CRLF in one line of Perl? There might be more to it than you think …
STDOUT is the Perl filehandle for printing standard output. Unless a filehandle is specified, all standard printed output in Perl will go to the terminal. Because STDOUT is just a global variable, it can be redirected and restored. Want to implement logging on a program without changing every print statement in the source code? Want to capture the standard output of a perl CRON job? Read on.
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When Perl is executing a program, it maintains the user id of the process owner in a global variable ($<). When a Perl program is executed by root or a user with root privileges (e.g. using the sudo command), the user id variable is always set to zero. This can be checked at the command line:
If the good news is that the world’s largest software company has recognized the value of Perl and they are willing to fund new Perl development, then you know the bad news. Microsoft has entered into a three-year agreement…