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From: zzapper <david AT tvis DOT co DOT uk>
Subject: Executing Perl scripts w/o the .pl
Date: Fri, 19 Dec 2003 18:40:53 +0000
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Hi Ya

In previous shells I've been able to call/execute perl scripts just by
typing say

>perlscript 

without the hassle of typing the .pl

> perlscript.pl


>echo $PATHEXT
.COM;.EXE;.BAT;.CMD;.VBS;.VBE;.JS;.JSE;.WSF;.WSH;.php;.pl

Another Shell I used recognised PATHEXT (set in Windows)


zzapper (vim & cygwin & zsh)
--

vim -c ":%s/^/WhfgTNabgureRIvzSUnpxre/|:%s/[R-T]/ /Ig|:normal ggVGg?"

http://www.vim.org/tips/tip.php?tip_id=305  Best of Vim Tips


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