Perl is a powerful file and text processing language available on many platforms. Perl is a useful extension to the TCC-RT batch language, especially if you need advanced string processing capabilities.

 

The Perl language is not built into TCC, and must be obtained separately. The version supported by TCC-RT is PerlScript (the WSH COM interface), which is included in Active State Perl (free from www.activestate.com).

 

You must enable Perl support in the OPTION / Startup page. If it is enabled, TCC-RT will automatically load Perl on your system. If a suitable library is found, TCC-RT checks to see if you are running a .PL file. If so, TCC-RT passes the file to your Perl interpreter for processing.

 

See also: the @PERL, @PYTHON, @REXX and @RUBY functions.