Since Solaris doesn't have GNU "date", Perl seems pretty much the only game in town, if I want to convert a static time stamp to the epoch time format. Given I'm not much of a Perl wizard, how do I ...

Linux, known for its robustness and flexibility, has been a favorite among developers, system administrators, and technology enthusiasts. One of the pillars of Linux's capabilities is its inherent ...

The things you can do with a little script! A Wired reporter is telling the story of how a Perl script he wrote led to the arrest of an online sex offender. The magazine is set to release the script ...

As systems get larger and the number of users they support increases, it becomes more difficult to manage systems using only the old-fashioned UNIX /etc/passwd file. A common solution to this problem ...

Bringing automation to ASIC design typically includes the use of “Scripts†. In the new competitive generation of chip designing where Time-to-Market is so critical, you need a way to finish your ...

The former second-class citizens of the programming world have leaped to the fore, changing the face of enterprise software development. With the rise of Web 2.0, scripting languages (also called ...