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From: hutch@gothamcity.jsc.nasa.gov (Mark Hutchison)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.misc
Subject: perl/PERL
Keywords: perl PERL
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Date: 1 May 91 16:13:43 GMT
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I need a thumbnail sketch of the utility "perl."  Understand it is a something
of a superset of awk and other utilities.  Specifically, what does it do that
the other utilities will not?  Where can I get it?  How much $?  What versions of
UNIX does it operate with/on?

Thanks,

Hutch