On 2006-09-22, at 18:54:50, Nobumi Iyanaga wrote:

> Perhaps I may use something like:

> do shell script "perl -e '$_ = shift; print'" & space & quoted form  
> of the_text & space & "| ..."

Hi Nobumi,

With perl, watch for semicolons to end a statement:
do shell script "perl -e '$_ = shift; print;


Philip Aker
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