perl -simple

bsb has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

What does this do and why?

perl -simple your_file_here.pl
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Guess before running it.

Why stop there?

perl -pimple 
perl -dimple
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Re: perl -simple by moritz (Cardinal) on Nov 06, 2007 at 11:29 UTC
There's no need to guess - it's all documented in perlrun.	[reply]
Re: perl -simple by blazar (Canon) on Nov 06, 2007 at 20:30 UTC
I personally believe that although I ++'d your post, you should have chosen a better section and a better phrasing, since SoPW is for actual questions (typically with problems one is experiencing) while yours is more of a fun thing, which is a nice thing also - but better fit elsewhere.	[reply]
Re^2: perl -simple by bsb (Priest) on Nov 06, 2007 at 23:04 UTC
Fair call. I didn't think about it at the time.	[reply]