Re: Bash vs Perl

On 7/14/23 12:05, William Torrez Corea wrote:
> Can I mix bash with perl in a program?
>
> I want to create a program in Perl to execute the bash command.

do you mean to run bash inside perl? you can fork off bash scripts with 
backticks.
>
> *Basic Bash commands (echo, read, etc.)*
echo makes no sense in perl as that is a piped command. perl is not a 
shell and doesn't directly do piping between processes
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>   * cd : Change the directory to a different location.
>
chdir is in perl
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>   * ls : List the contents of the current directory.
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opendir and readdir
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>   * mkdir : Create a new directory.
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perl has mkdir
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>   * touch : Create a new file.
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touch also updates the modified time. you can create a file in perl with 
open
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>   * rm : Remove a file or directory.
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unlink
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>   * cp : Copy a file or directory.
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several modules do file copy
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>   * mv : Move or rename a file or directory.
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rename
> The program must update the package manager
>
that isn't clear what you mean.

uri

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