>
>
> >> perl -lpe '}{*_=*.}{' file
> >
> > Ooh, an obfuscated verbose way of writing:
> >
> > perl -lpe'}{$_=$.' file
>
>
> Huh? Could someone explain this? The "}{" makes no sense to me...
>
> - B
You're not the first. There was recently much discussion about this on
the Fun with Perl list, see the threads titled "What does "}{" mean?" at
the following location:
http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.fwp/
http://danconia.org
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