Shell Programming and Scripting

An example with multiple lines:

Code:

$ 
$ cat codefile
Hi! How are you?
Have a nice day!
Also sprach Zarathustra.
$ 
$ perl -lne 'chomp; @x=unpack("C*",$_); print @x' codefile
7210533327211111932971141013212111111763
729711810132973211010599101321009712133
65108115111321151121149799104329097114971161041171151161149746
$

If you are unfamiliar with the syntax and function, then have a look at the manual pages of the Perl documentation at The Perl Directory - perl.org

If you have no idea of what the heck Perl is, then check out books by O'Reilly Media for a good introduction (provided you have the willingness to learn, of course).

tyler_durden

Great Jobe! thanks very much

Any links to O'Reilly Media perl tutorial? I do have willingness and I am googling it.

-S

Thanks Again!