Task 1 Task 2 and Blog URL

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diff --git a/challenge-112/dave-jacoby/blog.txt b/challenge-112/dave-jacoby/blog.txt
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+https://jacoby.github.io/2021/05/10/one-step-beyond-perl-weekly-challenge-112.html
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diff --git a/challenge-112/dave-jacoby/perl/ch-1.pl b/challenge-112/dave-jacoby/perl/ch-1.pl
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+#!/usr/bin/env perl
+
+use strict;
+use warnings;
+use feature qw{ say state postderef signatures };
+no warnings qw{ experimental };
+
+my @paths;
+push @paths, "/a/";
+push @paths, "/a/b/./c/";
+push @paths, "/a/b//c/";
+push @paths, "/a/b/c/../d/..";
+push @paths, "/a/b/c/../..";
+push @paths, "/a/b/c/";
+
+for my $path (@paths) {
+    my $cpath = canonical_path($path);
+    say <<"END";
+        path:       $path
+        canonical:  $cpath
+END
+}
+
+sub canonical_path ($path) {
+    while ($path =~ m{/\w+/\.\.}mix
+        || $path =~ m{//}mix
+        || $path =~ m{/\./}mix )
+    {
+        $path =~ s{/\w+/\.\.}{/}mix;
+        $path =~ s{//}{/}mix;
+        $path =~ s{/\./}{/}mix;
+    }
+    $path =~ s{/$}{}mix;
+    $path = qq{/$path} unless $path =~ m{^/}mix;
+    return $path;
+}
diff --git a/challenge-112/dave-jacoby/perl/ch-2.pl b/challenge-112/dave-jacoby/perl/ch-2.pl
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+#!/usr/bin/env perl
+
+use strict;
+use warnings;
+use feature qw{ say state postderef signatures };
+no warnings qw{ experimental };
+
+my @values = ( 3, 4, 5 );
+@values = @ARGV if @ARGV;
+
+for my $v (@values) {
+    my $c = 1;
+    say '-' x 20;
+    my @steps = climb_stairs($v);
+    say qq{INPUT:  $v};
+    say qq{OUTPUT: } . scalar @steps;
+    for my $opt (@steps) {
+        say qq{\tOption $c: $opt};
+        $c++;
+    }
+}
+
+sub climb_stairs ( $v, $max_steps = 2 ) {
+    my @output;
+    for my $n ( 1 .. $max_steps ) {
+        my $step = $n < 2 ? '1 step' : "$n steps";
+        my $w    = $v - $n;
+        if ( $w > 0 ) {
+            push @output,
+                map { $step . ' + ' . $_ } climb_stairs( $w, $max_steps );
+        }
+        elsif ( $w == 0 ) { push @output, $step; }
+    }
+    return @output;
+}