I suppose it's a "pathway to perl" in the sense of a mild gateway drug. Perl is definitely one-liner-friendly. Every time I get into Perl I have to relearn it a

I suppose it's a "pathway to perl" in the sense of a mild gateway drug. Perl is definitely one-liner-friendly. Every time I get into Perl I have to relearn it all over again (which is apparently not an isolated phenomenon), so I don't have great suggestions for digging further. I just habitually reach for perl -pe about 3/4 of the time.