Index: W

• wait( ) : Avoiding Zombie Processes
• waitpid( ) : Avoiding Zombie Processes
• wantarray( ) : Detecting Return Context
• __WARN__ signal : Installing a Signal Handler
• warn( ), dialog box for : Creating Dialog Boxes with Tk
• warnings
• • (see also errors)
  • Reporting Errors and Warnings Like Built-Ins
  • reporting like built-ins : Reporting Errors and Warnings Like Built-Ins
• wc program : Counting Lines (or Paragraphs or Records) in a File
• web, references on : Introduction
• web architecture : Introduction
• web automation : Introduction
• • converting ASCII to/from HTML : Converting ASCII to HTML
  • extracting URLs from HTML : Extracting URLs
  • fetching URLs : Fetching a URL from a Perl Script
  • finding stale/fresh links : Finding Stale Links
  • HTML templates : Creating HTML Templates
  • HTML text substitutions : Program: htmlsub
  • mirroring web pages : Mirroring Web Pages
  • parsing web server log files : Parsing a Web Server Log File
  • processing server logs : Processing Server Logs
  • removing/extracting HTML tags : Extracting or Removing HTML Tags
  • robots : Creating a Robot
  • submitting HTML forms : Automating Form Submission
• web server logs : Introduction
• • parsing : Parsing a Web Server Log File
  • processing : Processing Server Logs
• week_number( ) : Day in a Week/Month/Year or Week Number
• weekearly program (example) : Updating a Random-Access File
• weeks : (see date and time)
• weighted_rand( ) (example) : Generating Biased Random Numbers
• whitespace
• • deleting leading/trailing : Trimming Blanks from the Ends of a String
  • extracting ranges of lines : Extracting a Range of Lines
  • indenting here documents : Indenting Here Documents
  • matching across multiple lines : Matching Multiple Lines
  • matching words : Matching Words
  • in pod documentation : Documenting Your Module with Pod
  • sorted text in columns and : Program: words
  • sorting du command output : Program: dutree
  • tabs, expanding/compressing : Expanding and Compressing Tabs
• who.cgi script (example) : Creating Sticky Widgets
• whoami( ) : Determining Current Function Name
• whois service : Using Whois to Retrieve Information from the InterNIC
• whowasi( ) : Determining Current Function Name
• wildcards (shell) for regexp matching : Matching Shell Globs as Regular Expressions
• Win32::Process module : Removing the DOS Shell Window with Windows Perl/Tk
• window size, determining
• • Using h2ph to Translate C #include Files
  • Determining Terminal or Window Size
• windows
• • dialog boxes (Tk) : Creating Dialog Boxes with Tk
  • DOS shell, removing : Removing the DOS Shell Window with Windows Perl/Tk
  • menu bars in (Tk) : Creating Menus with Tk
• winsz program (example) : Using h2ph to Translate C #include Files
• words
• • duplicate, finding : Detecting Duplicate Words
  • fuzzy matching : Approximate Matching
  • matching abbreviations : Matching Abbreviations
  • pattern matching : Matching Words
  • pluralizing, based on numbers : Printing Correct Plurals
  • processing all in file : Processing Every Word in a File
  • reversing : Reversing a String by Word or Character
  • sorting into columns : Program: words
  • substitutions for specific : Program: fixstyle
  • text color, changing : Changing Text Color
  • wrapping paragraph text : Reformatting Paragraphs
• words program (example) : Program: words
• wrapdemo program (example) : Reformatting Paragraphs
• wrapping paragraph text : Reformatting Paragraphs
• write( ) : Reading or Writing to Another Program
• writing files : (see file access; file contents)
• wtmp file, adding records to : Program: tailwtmp