On getting used to unix/perl/maxosx

jlttb on 2001-12-13T18:40:10

Been moving my offices, and caught up in work, haven't been programming much lately. But have poked around my Mac OSX terminal, trying to get used to non MacPerl perl, and learning some unix commands. Some observations:

  • perl filename works way better than sh filename at running perl scripts!
  • Line endings are a pain, even when you understand the problem
  • Adding file extensions to file names doesn't seem to be worth the trouble
  • pico rocks! I can acutally edit my files and, unlike emacs and vi, I don't find myself quitting the terminal to exit!