Previous edition: 2016

Scalar data -- Lists and arrays -- Subroutines -- Input and output -- Hashes -- Regular expressions -- Matching with regular expressions -- Processing text with regular expressions -- More control structures -- Perl modules -- File tests -- Directory operations -- Strings and sorting -- Process management -- Some advanced Perl techniques

Perl is suitable for almost any task on almost any platform, from short fixes to complete web applications. Learning Perl teaches you the basics and shows you how to write simple, single-file programs - roughly 90% of the Perl programs in use today. And each chapter includes exercises to help you practice what you've just learned. Other books may teach you to program in Perl, but this book will turn you into a Perl programmer.--