Cleaned up the Perl plugin.

plugins/perl/perl.plugin.zsh

@@ -1,62 +1,36 @@
-# https://github.com/dbbolton
-#
-# Below are some useful Perl-related aliases/functions that I use with zsh.
-
-
-# Aliases ###################################################################
-
-# perlbrew ########
+# Aliases
 alias pbi='perlbrew install'
 alias pbl='perlbrew list'
 alias pbo='perlbrew off'
 alias pbs='perlbrew switch'
 alias pbu='perlbrew use'
-
-# Perl ############
-
-# perldoc`
-alias pd='perldoc'
-
-# use perl like awk/sed
 alias ple='perl -wlne'
+alias pd='perldoc'
 
-# show the latest stable release of Perl
-alias latest-perl='curl -s http://www.perl.org/get.html | perl -wlne '\''if (/perl\-([\d\.]+)\.tar\.gz/) { print $1; exit;}'\'
-
-
-
-# Functions #################################################################
-
-# newpl - creates a basic Perl script file and opens it with $EDITOR
-newpl () {
-	# set $EDITOR to 'vim' if it is undefined
-	[[ -z $EDITOR ]] && EDITOR=vim
-
-	# if the file exists, just open it
-	[[ -e $1 ]] && print "$1 exists; not modifying.\n" && $EDITOR $1
-
-	# if it doesn't, make it, and open it
-	[[ ! -e $1 ]] && print '#!/usr/bin/perl'"\n"'use strict;'"\n"'use warnings;'\
-		"\n\n" > $1 && $EDITOR $1
-}
+# Perl Global Substitution
+function pgs() {
+  if (( $# < 2 )) ; then
+    echo "Usage: $0 find replace [file ...]" >&2
+    return 1
+  fi
 
+  local find="$1"
+  local replace="$2"
+  repeat 2 shift
 
-# pgs - Perl Global Substitution
-# find pattern		= 1st arg
-# replace pattern	= 2nd arg
-# filename			= 3rd arg
-pgs() { # [find] [replace] [filename]
-    perl -i.orig -pe 's/'"$1"'/'"$2"'/g' "$3"
+  perl -i.orig -pe 's/'"$find"'/'"$replace"'/g' "$@"
 }
 
+# Perl grep since 'grep -P' is terrible.
+function prep() {
+  if (( $# < 1 )) ; then
+    echo "Usage: $0 pattern [file ...]" >&2
+    return 1
+  fi
 
-# Perl grep, because 'grep -P' is terrible. Lets you work with pipes or files.
-prep() { # [pattern] [filename unless STDOUT]
-    perl -nle 'print if /'"$1"'/;' $2
-}
+  local pattern="$1"
+  shift
 
-# say - append a newline to 'print'
-say() {
-    print "$1\n"
+  perl -nle 'print if /'"$pattern"'/;' "$@"
 }