R. Joseph Newton wrote:
> Mark VanMiddlesworth wrote:
>
>> this is a script that systematically pings every host on the network,
>> and writes the output to the screen. If the -n arg is specified, it
>> will also write to a disk. What's wrong with the syntax, especially
>> line 12?
>
> Why am I supposed to count to line 12, instead of you marking it?
>
>> #!/usr/bin/env perl
>>
>> $x = 1;
>> $b = 0;
>> for ($x = 1; $x < 256; $x++) {
>> $a = `ping -q -c 1 192.168.1.$b`;
>> $b += 1;
>> print "192.168.1.$b ";
>> print $a;
>> $usage="ping.pl [-n]"
>> if ($arg = "-n") {$e = 0} # Line 12
>
> You are asking, in the line above, whether your assignment of "-n" to
> the scalar $arg succeeded. Answer: true, always.
>
> Joseph
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