also sprach John S. J. Anderson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2002.04.15.1243 +0200]:
> jeff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> 
> > dpkg -l | sed -e 's/$/<br>/ > dpkg.html
> > dpkg -l | perl -e 'while(<>) { s/$/<br>/ && print }' > dpkg.html
> 
> <golf type="perl">
>   dpkg -l | perl -lpe 's/$/<BR>/' > dpkg.html
> </golf>
> 
> Darn, I thought I could make it shorter than the sed version...

he left out a quote with sed: two characters to go.
perl -pe suffices: one character
the length of the program doesn't really count: same length...

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