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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting delete a file using perl Post 302560498 by arup1980 on Friday 30th of September 2011 02:33:35 AM
Old 09-30-2011
Question delete a file using perl

Hi,

How to delete a file (if exists) using perl script.
I have used following script..
Code:
if ( -e $newfile) {
open (FILE, ">$newfile") || die "Cannot Open File\n";
     print FILE;
close(FILE); 
 }

But it gives me error "Use of uninitialized value in print".

please help.
Thanks in advance


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urlEncodeString [-l] <STRING> urlEncodeFile [-l] <FILE> urlEncodeStream [-l] urlDecodeString <STRING> urlDecodeFile <FILENAME> urlDecodeStream DESCRIPTION
urlcoding is a collection of functions that convert ASCII-text to standard URL's and vice-versa. The AWK code used is based on code by Heiner Steven <heiner.steven@odn.de> The function list: urlEncodeString Creates a URL from an ASCII string urlEncodeFile Converts a file into URL-valid text urlEncodeStream Converts standard input into URL-valid text urlDecodeString Converts a URL-encoded text back to a plain-text form urlDecodeFile Coverts URL-encoded text in a file back to plain text urlDecodeStream Converts URL-encoded standard input to text Detailed interface description follows. The [-l] option for the encoding functions should be used when line-feed characters (' ') are to be encoded as well. All functions print the results of their conversions to standard output. The exit status of all functions is that of the command 'awk', with '0' for success FUNCTIONS DESCRIPTIONS
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