PC World 2000 February/PCWorld_2000-02_cd.bin/live/usr/X11R6/bin/remove_brackets

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#!/usr/bin/perl --
# Free replacement for Sun's remove_brackets as required by Openwin's
# text_extras_menu.
#
# Copyright (C) 1998 by Martin Buck <[e-mail]>
# Licensed under the GNU General Public License

if ($#ARGV != 1) {
  die "Usage: $0 <left> <right>\n";
}

undef $/;
$_ = <STDIN>;

if (substr($_, 0, 1) eq $ARGV[0] && substr($_, -1) eq $ARGV[1]) {
  $_ = substr($_, 1, -1);
}
print $_;