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Top Forums UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers using sed to manipulate text in files Post 302223089 by drl on Friday 8th of August 2008 10:03:21 AM
Old 08-08-2008
Hi.
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Originally Posted by Jefferson333
Suppose i just needed to talk myself thru this :-)
Yes, that often works. Some alternatives:
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So when you're really stuck, when you've looked at the problem in every way you can, when every tool in your toolbox has failed you, take time off to think. Go ride a bike. Take the afternoon off and come back in the evening to give yourself a new perspective. Explain the problem to a friend, a manager, a dog, or the wall. The external challenge to your assumptions is often the catalyst that breaks the barrier down.

-- excerpt from Embedded.com - The ten secrets of embedded debugging
I like the one about the dog. Thanks for posting the solution -- it may help someone else ... cheers, drl
 

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URI::URL(3)						User Contributed Perl Documentation					       URI::URL(3)

NAME
URI::URL - Uniform Resource Locators SYNOPSIS
$u1 = URI::URL->new($str, $base); $u2 = $u1->abs; DESCRIPTION
This module is provided for backwards compatibility with modules that depend on the interface provided by the "URI::URL" class that used to be distributed with the libwww-perl library. The following differences exist compared to the "URI" class interface: o The URI::URL module exports the url() function as an alternate constructor interface. o The constructor takes an optional $base argument. The "URI::URL" class is a subclass of "URI::WithBase". o The URI::URL->newlocal class method is the same as URI::file->new_abs. o URI::URL::strict(1) o $url->print_on method o $url->crack method o $url->full_path: same as ($uri->abs_path || "/") o $url->netloc: same as $uri->authority o $url->epath, $url->equery: same as $uri->path, $uri->query o $url->path and $url->query pass unescaped strings. o $url->path_components: same as $uri->path_segments (if you don't consider path segment parameters) o $url->params and $url->eparams methods o $url->base method. See URI::WithBase. o $url->abs and $url->rel have an optional $base argument. See URI::WithBase. o $url->frag: same as $uri->fragment o $url->keywords: same as $uri->query_keywords o $url->localpath and friends map to $uri->file. o $url->address and $url->encoded822addr: same as $uri->to for mailto URI o $url->groupart method for news URI o $url->article: same as $uri->message SEE ALSO
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