Perl Assignment #2: Scalar Data

CS 447/647

Spring, 2012

Due: 2/7/12

Read chapter 2 of Learning Perl. Do exercises 3 and 5 at the end of the chapter.

Make your Perl scripts executable by using the chmod command:

chmod u+x filename

Add this as the first line of your Perl scripts:

#! /usr/bin/perl

If this is not the location on your system, use the whereis command to find out where Perl is located.

Submit a script session with the output from exercises 3 and 5 on Web Campus.

Hands-On Exercise

Finish your “Web Presence” exercise if you have not already done so:

If you do not already know how to use the vi editor, work your way through the article “An Introduction to Display Editing with Vi” by William Joy. A copy of this article is at:

http://docs.freebsd.org/44doc/usd/12.vi/paper.html

Links to Vi/Vim cheat sheets will be posted on the class website: