Regarding the ability to create a double-clickable Terminal script (see previous item), Scott Lahteine notes that: AppleScript Menu can do more than just run AppleScripts. It allows you to run Perl ...

I was given the task of finding out what's wrong with a Perl script. Basically, after upgrading to a new version of Perl the script takes around 45 seconds to 'compile' before execution. The "new" ...

You may think of PERL as something for Unix gurus, but wise Windows administrators can also benefit from this powerful scripting language. So just what is PERL, and where did it come from? PERL stands ...

You may think of PERL as something for Unix gurus, but wise Windows administrators can also benefit from this powerful scripting language. So just what is PERL, and where did it come from? PERL stands ...

Since Solaris doesn't have GNU "date", Perl seems pretty much the only game in town, if I want to convert a static time stamp to the epoch time format. Given I'm not much of a Perl wizard, how do I ...

Command-line Perl scripts can make adminstering a UNIX box easier by replacing certain commands with some routine scripts. Find out how to take advantage of this approach. Perl is everywhere. Most ...

Most of our beloved tools, such as Slic3r, Cura or KISSlicer, offer scripting interfaces that help a great deal if your existing 3D printing toolchain has yet to learn how to produce decent results ...

The latest installment, Wicked Cool Perl Scripts, includes a 75-line script that does currency conversions, including pulling latest conversion rates from xe.com; a 37-line script that searches for ...

Dear Final Debug: I’ve been using Perl to solve problems ever since I was in college. But with so many client-side scripting solutions available now and even a server-side version of Java, is Perl ...