Using perl for THIS is silly. sed can do everything you'er doing with perl.
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Eric F Crist
On Jul 14, 2012, at 22:03:01, Yaron wrote:
> I use perl GCI for this kind of stuff all the time. Basically make your html file (lets call it file.html) and put a marker in there, like %%MD5SUM%% or something. Then your CGI does this:
>
> #!/usr/bin/perl
> $|=1;
> $file="file.html";
> chomp($md5=`md5sum direct.tar.bz2`);
>
> open(F, $file);
> while(<F>) {
> s/%%MD5SUM%%/$md5/ if (/%%MD5SUM%%/);
> print;
> }
>
> close (F);
> exit(0);
>
> That's extremely simplified with no full paths or strict mode or error checking, but you get the idea.
>
> On Sat, 14 Jul 2012, Brian Wood wrote:
>
>> I'm wondering how to automate something further. Currently I
>> use the following commands (in a script) when I publish a
>> new version of the software.
>> md5sum direct.tar.bz2 | tee md5checksum
>> cat md5checksum | xclip -sel clip
>> After that I edit an html file by hand and paste the new
>> checksum into the file. Once in a while I forget to do that
>> step. So I'd like to figure out how to improve the process.
>> What do you suggest? Thanks in advance.
>> Shalom,
>> Brian Wood
>> Ebenezer Enterprises
>> http://webEbenezer.net
>>
>
>
> -Yaron
>
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