Perl functions references-getnetent Function - Perl Scripting
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Description
This function gets the next entry from the /etc/networks file, returning − ($name, $aliases, $addrtype, $net)
If /etc/networks file signifies empty, then it would not return anything and call will fail..
Syntax
Following is the simple syntax for this function −
Return Value
This function returns undef on error otherwise Network address in scalar context and empty list on error otherwise Network record (name, aliases, address type, network address) in list context.
Example
Following is the example code showing its basic usage −
When above code is executed, it produces the following result −
