From: Randal Schwartz Newsgroups: comp.lang.perl.announce,comp.lang.perl.misc Subject: ANNOUNCE: /bin/sh to Perl translator finally available! Followup-To: comp.lang.perl.misc Date: 1 Apr 1998 00:00:00 +0000 Organization: Stonehenge Consulting Services; Portland, Oregon, USA Lines: 35 Sender: news-merlyn@gadget.cscaper.com Approved: merlyn@stonehenge.com (comp.lang.perl.announce) as an April Fool's Joke Message-ID: <8ciuouv26b.fsf@gadget.cscaper.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: gadget.cscaper.com X-Newsreader: Gnus v5.6.2/Emacs 20.2 Path: usenet.cise.ufl.edu!huron.eel.ufl.edu!usenet.eel.ufl.edu!uky.edu!stdio!nntp.mid-ga.com!news.oru.edu!newsfeed.wli.net!nntp.teleport.com!news.teleport.com!not-for-mail Xref: usenet.cise.ufl.edu comp.lang.perl.announce:38 comp.lang.perl.misc:5896 Yes! Finally! The long-awaited "Shell to Perl" translator is now available! Works just like the a2p and s2p tools provided with the Perl distribution. Input a /bin/sh script, and output a Perl program! The result can even be compiled with Malcolm Beattie's "Perl Compiler" to create a binary distribution, in theory (I haven't tested that yet). Available in the CPAN at CPAN/authors/id/MERLYN/sh2perl-0.02.tar.gz at URLs such as: http://www.perl.com/CPAN/authors/id/MERLYN/sh2perl-0.02.tar.gz http://www.perl.org/CPAN/authors/id/MERLYN/sh2perl-0.02.tar.gz http://cpan.perl.org/authors/id/MERLYN/sh2perl-0.02.tar.gz It can also be installed directly from CPAN.pm as: $ perl -MCPAN -eshell cpan> install MERLYN/sh2perl-0.02.tar.gz It's still in development (hence the low version number).. if you can think of things to make it better, let me know. Doesn't handle csh yet (read the docs for details). Yours for a better Perl world, -- Name: Randal L. Schwartz / Stonehenge Consulting Services (503)777-0095 Keywords: Perl training, UNIX[tm] consulting, video production, skiing, flying Email: Snail: (Call) PGP-Key: (finger merlyn@teleport.com) Web: My Home Page! Quote: "I'm telling you, if I could have five lines in my .sig, I would!" -- me .