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[c54]

I’ve never used perl, but i love concise bash 1-liner wizard incantations. What are some examples of things it’s handy for?

[atsaloli → c54]

See https://catonmat.net/perl-one-liners-explained-part-one

And https://nostarch.com/perloneliners

[asicsp → c54]

I wrote a couple articles showing examples where Perl is more suitable compared to sed/awk:

* https://www.perl.com/article/perl-one-liners-part-1/

* https://www.perl.com/article/perl-one-liners-part-2/