Re: remove newlines / perl /concise example

[Stephen Harris <lists@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On Sat, Jan 01, 2011 at 03:42:46PM +0000, Dave Cross wrote:
> Code like this is often simpler if you use the Unix filter model and
> let the operating system take care of opening all the files.
> 
>   #!/usr/bin/env perl
> 
>   use strict;
>   use warnings;
> 
>   chomp(my @lines = <>);
> 
>   print @lines;

That's one way of using up a lot of memory.

> If this is in a file called 'join', you can run it like this:
> 
>  $ ./join < input.txt > output.txt

Use the tools you've already got as part of the OS install:
  /usr/bin/tr -d '\012' < input.txt > output.txt

-- 

rgds
Stephen
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