[PLUG] perl advice (forking, lists problems)

[Randal L. Schwartz]

>>>>> "gilmanhunt" == gilmanhunt  <gilmanhunt at attbi.com> writes:

gilmanhunt> Good morning! 
gilmanhunt> I'm working on this perl script. I'm not very good (yet) at Perl, but 
gilmanhunt> I'm getting there. Most of my learning has been at the hands of 
gilmanhunt> the Perl Cookbook (Bighorn Ram) and Programming Perl 
gilmanhunt> (Camel).  I've got this perl script that is replacing another script.

gilmanhunt> What I need to do is process a file of 30000 lines; and normally 
gilmanhunt> to do it takes a very long time (The process takes a long time, 
gilmanhunt> not the perl part).

You need to use my "get your kids to do the work" solution at

        <http://www.stonehenge.com/merlyn/LinuxMag/col15.html>
and
        <http://www.stonehenge.com/merlyn/LinuxMag/col16.html>

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