Q: What's wrong with this?

[Troll]

Hi,

$ netstat -a | netstats.pl

The above works on my Linux box. But if I try to run this on my Win2000 Pro
then this statement fails:
while (<STDIN>) {
print "Inside the loop...";
}

and I only see this output:
Before the loop...After the loop...

Script contents:
************
#!/perl/bin - w # this is my Win path
print "Before the loop...";
while (<STDIN>) {
print "Inside the loop...";
}
print "After the loop...";


Any comments would be appreciated. Thanks.

 

[Troll]

Never mind now - solved. Problem caused by associating perl.exe with .pl
files in Windoze.

If one runs
$ netstat -a | c:\perl\bin\perl.exe netstats.pl
the issue goes away.

So what's the point of file associations I ask myself...

 

[Ga Mu]

Never mind now - solved. Problem caused by associating perl.exe with .pl
files in Windoze.

If one runs
$ netstat -a | c:\perl\bin\perl.exe netstats.pl
the issue goes away.

Since C:\perl\bin is probably in your path, you could probably just use

$ netstat -a | perl netstats.pl

So what's the point of file associations I ask myself...

The more important question is what is the point of using Microsoft
O/Ses for anything other than surfing the web, reading email, and
creating Word documents..?

 

[John Bokma]

Since C:\perl\bin is probably in your path, you could probably just use

$ netstat -a | perl netstats.pl



The more important question is what is the point of using Microsoft
O/Ses for anything other than surfing the web, reading email, and
creating Word documents..?

Corel Xara version 2 to mention one

Also on win2k I see TCP so the op should use /tcp/i to be safe.

If he/she is lazy, do the netstat -a in the script. Or maybe there is a
netstat module

 

[Troll]

True.

As for the reason:
I have a 21" screen with Win2K whereas I have Linux on a laptop [and I hate
swapping cables not to mention that I use the Win2K PC for posting to this
NG and Google]. So it would have been easier for me to post code examples
[to troubleshoot] from my Win2K PC as I have not mastered the art of NGs on
Linux.

I even have probs with secure sites, PSM and Mozilla so that says something
about my Linux knowledge at this stage

But in no way did I want to migrate to Perl on Windoze 4 ever...

 

[John Bokma]

But in no way did I want to migrate to Perl on Windoze 4 ever...

Why not? It is a great tool to use on Windows. If you use Cygwin
(http://www.cygwin.com) with rxvt you are so cool

Hey, I even used Perl (4!) on a RISC OS machine (Acorn Archimedes and
Acorn Risc PC)

Wish it was available on my ZX Spectrum back in those days.

 

[Troll]

I need to learn Linux/Unix [for Uni and myself].
By migrating apps to Windoze this would sort of defeat that purpose

I tried loading cygwin on one of my PCs some time ago but never got into
it...not really sure why - had no real need for it back then I suppose.

I recently decided to buy a separate box for Linux [as I had all sorts of
dramas trying to get Solaris implemented mainly due to the lack of supported
h/w] and this is a much neater solution. I have a dual boot laptop with RH9
and W2K and it's perfect for my needs.

Not to mention that RH9 could not recognise the Dell screen and it took me 2
days of stress b4 I decided to load RH7 on it [which did recognise the
display - go and figure] and upgraded to RH9 and voila!

 

[John Bokma]

I need to learn Linux/Unix [for Uni and myself].
By migrating apps to Windoze this would sort of defeat that purpose

Nope, use cygwin. This makes most GNU tools available under Windows. Or
make your computer dual boot. Or use VMWare.

I tried loading cygwin on one of my PCs some time ago but never got into
it...not really sure why - had no real need for it back then I suppose.

I recently decided to buy a separate box for Linux [as I had all sorts of
dramas trying to get Solaris implemented mainly due to the lack of supported
h/w] and this is a much neater solution. I have a dual boot laptop with RH9
and W2K and it's perfect for my needs.

I agree . You can get a PC that can run GNU/Linux almost for free
nowadays.