[lug] Perl question: how to print embedded metacharacters

[Chip Atkinson]

No, I don't konw for sure.  I'm writing it and the requirements are mine
to change.  I do want to avoid too many modules though.  Not having root
access to the machines on which the program will run, I don't want to rely
on installing things.

On Sun, 29 Nov 2009, David L. Anselmi wrote:

> Chip Atkinson wrote:
> > Thanks for the suggestion.  While I'm not too worried about security since
> > it's a semi-personal utility, it's always good to consider just the same.
> >
> > The most important thing is speed since the files are rather huge.  I
> > think I'll implement the regex/hash approach tomorrow.
> 
> Do you already know (for certain) how many things you need to put in the 
> hash?  Otherwise I'd use String::Interpolate.
> 
> Dave
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