After many years of struggle (and, yes, taking a class really does help), I've written my first useful Perl script. It does more than say "Hello, World!" too!
Ever notice that when you save a Microsoft Word or Excel file as an .htm file, it contains really bloated code? This is so that the .htm file can more easily be converted back into a formatted .doc or .xls file. But say you plan to maintain the Web version only, and really don't plan to convert it back? Then demess.cgi is for you.
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The script contains comments about how to use it. In order to run it, you must have access to a Perl interpreter and you must be able to copy Microsoft-generated .htm files to the machine on which you can run Perl. |
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If you have any problems downloading demess.cgi from scriptsearch.com, you can try downloading demess.txt; just rename it as demess.cgi when you download it to your site. Certain browsers (Netscape 6.0, I suspect) cause trouble with downloading the script from scriptsearch.com.