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perl

Perl is a very easy to use and learn interpreted programming language, with objects. Because if its flexibility, many scripts are now written in Perl. The Perl Tk module is available; see tk.

See also s2p (sed to perl translator) and a2p (awk to perl translator).

For: Unix.

Documentation

Man page: perl
The Perl language WWW home page at: http://www.perl.com/perl/
Learning Perl - O'Reilly & Associates Excellent introduction to the language
Programming Perl - O'Reilly & Associates
The Gnu Info Tree
The following man pages also have much information on perl. (If you're intending to read these straight through for the first time, the suggested order will tend to reduce the number of forward references.)
Man Page: perl Perl overview
Man Page: perltoc Perl documentation table of contents
Man Page: perldata Perl data structures
Man Page: perlsyn Perl syntax
Man Page: perlop Perl operators and precedence
Man Page: perlre Perl regular expressions
Man Page: perlrun Perl execution and options
Man Page: perlfunc Perl builtin functions
Man Page: perlvar Perl predefined variables
Man Page: perlsub Perl subroutines
Man Page: perlmod Perl modules
Man Page: perlref Perl references
Man Page: perldsc Perl data structures intro
Man Page: perllol Perl data structures: lists of lists
Man Page: perlobj Perl objects
Man Page: perltie Perl objects hidden behind simple variables
Man Page: perlbot Perl OO tricks and examples
Man Page: perldebug Perl debugging
Man Page: perldiag Perl diagnostic messages
Man Page: perlform Perl formats
Man Page: perlipc Perl interprocess communication
Man Page: perlsec Perl security
Man Page: perltrap Perl traps for the unwary
Man Page: perlstyle Perl style guide
Man Page: perlxs Perl XS application programming interface
Man Page: perlxstut Perl XS tutorial
Man Page: perlguts Perl internal functions for those doing extensions
Man Page: perlcall Perl calling conventions from C
Man Page: perlembed Perl how to embed perl in your C or C++ app
Man Page: perlpod Perl plain old documentation
Man Page: perbook Perl book information

Versions available: 5.002.

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2006-11-27 JGS