NAME

perltrap - Perl traps for the unwary


DESCRIPTION

The biggest trap of all is forgetting to use the -w switch; see the perlrun manpage . Making your entire program runnable under

use strict;

can help make your program more bullet-proof, but sometimes it's too annoying for quick throw-away programs.

Awk Traps

Accustomed awk users should take special note of the following:

.

C Traps

Cerebral C programmers should take note of the following:

.

Sed Traps

Seasoned sed programmers should take note of the following:

.

Shell Traps

Sharp shell programmers should take note of the following:

.

Perl Traps

Practicing Perl Programmers should take note of the following:

.

Perl4 Traps

Penitent Perl 4 Programmers should take note of the following incompatible changes that occurred between release 4 and release 5:

.