Table of Contents:
  • Includes web bibliography (pages 86-87) and index
  • ThreadsAppendix A: Command-Line Options; Appendix B: The Perl Debugger; Appendix C: Perl Links; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; Y; Z.
  • Table of Contents; Introduction; Perl 5.14.1; Conventions used in this book; Features; Syntax; Embedded Documentation; Data Types; Quotes and Interpolation; Literal Values; Scalar Values; List Values; Hash Values; Filehandles; Variables; Context; Operators and Precedence; Statements; Loop blocks; When blocks; Special forms; Packages and Modules; Pragmatic Modules; Subroutines; Prototypes; Special Subroutines; Object-Oriented Programming; Special Classes; Arithmetic Functions; Conversion Functions; Structure Conversion; String Functions; Array and List Functions; Hash Functions; Smartmatching
  • Regular Expression PatternsSearch and Replace Functions; File Operations; File Test Operators; Input and Output; Open Modes; Common constants; Standard I/O Layers; Formatted Printing; Formats; Directory Reading Routines; System Interaction; Networking; System V IPC; Miscellaneous; Tying Variables; Information from System Databases; Information About Users; Information About Groups; Information About Networks; Information About Network Hosts; Information About Network Services; Information About Network Protocols; Special Variables; Special Arrays; Special Hashes; Environment Variables