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--- notes:perl_cheat_sheet [2026/09/13 23:43]
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+++ notes:perl_cheat_sheet [2026/09/14 05:19] (current)
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   * Comments start with # (no block comments)
   * Parenthesis are optional unless part of syntax.
+  * ''@ARGV'' contains arguments, $0 contains program name.
 ===== Numbers =====
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   * Read a line of input - ''$line = <STDIN>;''
   * ''chomp'' removes a newline e.g. ''chomp($line=<STDIN>);''
-  * Assigning <STDIN> to a list reads all input up till EOF e.g. <code perl> chmop(@lines = <STDIN>);</code>
+  * Assigning <STDIN> to a list reads all input up till EOF e.g. <code perl> chomp(@lines = <STDIN>);</code>
+  * Loop over input ($_ can only be used in this specific case) <code perl>while (<STDIN>) {
+    print "I saw $_";
+}</code>
+  * ''foreach'' can also be used but uses more memory since it reads all input into memory first.
+  * ''<>'' iterates over all files in @ARGV (or STDIN if no args) like e.g. cat/sed/awk. <code perl>while (<>) {
+    chomp;
+    print "It was $_ that I saw!\n";
+}</code>
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