[CentOS] Assitance with perl

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Mon, 31 Jan 2022 01:25:46 -0000

On 2022-01-30 20:12, H wrote:
> I am writing a long bash script under CentOS 7 where perl is used for
> manipulating some external files. So far I am using perl one-liners to
> do so but ran into a problem when I need to append text to an external
> file.

Rewrite the whole thing in Perl.  Over the years, I have rewritten
scores of bash scripts
in Perl, and they 1. execute much faster, 2. don't lose variables from
while loops,
3. can use any of the thousands of CPAN modules, 4. can use libraries,
and on and on.

Todd Merriman
Software Toolz