SPUG: running script with the variables on the same line

[Tim Maher]

On Mon, May 30, 2005 at 10:37:18AM -0600, Medrano-Zaldivar, L E wrote:
> I really appreciate all your mails and actually I found code example
> of what I was looking for:

Here are some additional tips: always use the -w invocation option,
so you'll get free warnings about your mistakes:
 
> #!/usr/bin/perl

#!/usr/bin/perl -w

and if you want to avoid typing \n at the end of every print statement
for the rest of your Perl career 8-{, and doing manual "chomp"ing,
add the -l option too:

#!/usr/bin/perl -wl

> print "My name is $0\n";

Now this will work just like the one above:
print "My name is $0";

With -l in effect, if you don't want a carriage return at the end of
an output string, such as a prompt, you can use printf rather than print:

printf "Please enter your name: "; # no carriage return emitted

-Tim
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