activestate not behaving like unix perl

[redss]

I am having trouble getting some one-line perl scripts to work in DOS (activestate) like they work in unix.

examples that work in UNIX but not DOS:
cat junk | perl -p -e 's/old/new/g;'
perl -p -e 's/old/new/g;' foo

Any ideas?

 

[PaulTEG]

cat is a reserved word in Unix, but not Windows Console
This could be your problem

--Paul

 

[redss]

sorry, I should have mentioned that I have the GNU utilities for DOS installed, so 'cat' is a recognized command on my system...

 

[MikeLacey]

pipes.... pipes are a little strange in DOS based systems

Mike

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[mikevh]

For Windows, Perl one-liners need to be enclosed in double quotes, not single. If you have ActiveState,
take a look at the index.html file in the Perl/html
folder, in particular the topics under Windows Specific.