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P e r l
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T u t o r i a l s
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R e f e r e n c e
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V a r i a b l e s
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U t i l i t i e s
C o m m u n i t y
H i s t o r y
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p e r l
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C P A N )
Y o u a r e v i e w i n g t h e v e r s i o n o f t h i s d o c u m e n t a t i o n f r o m P e r l 5 . 8 . 1 .
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# N A M E
p e r l - P r a c t i c a l E x t r a c t i o n a n d R e p o r t L a n g u a g e
# S Y N O P S I S
p e r l [ - s T u U ] [ - h v ] [ - V [ : c o n f i g v a r ] ] [ - c w ] [ - d [ : d e b u g g e r ] ] [ - D [ n u m b e r / l i s t ] ] [ - p n a ] [ - F p a t t e r n ] [ - l [ o c t a l ] ] [ - 0 [ o c t a l ] ] [ - I d i r ] [ - m [ - ] m o d u l e ] [ - M [ - ] ' m o d u l e . . . ' ] [ - P ] [ - S ] [ - x [ d i r ] ] [ - i [ e x t e n s i o n ] ] [ - e ' c o m m a n d ' ] [ - - ] [ p r o g r a m f i l e ] [ a r g u m e n t ] . . .
I f y o u ' r e n e w t o P e r l , y o u s h o u l d s t a r t w i t h p e r l i n t r o , w h i c h i s a g e n e r a l i n t r o f o r b e g i n n e r s a n d p r o v i d e s s o m e b a c k g r o u n d t o h e l p y o u n a v i g a t e t h e r e s t o f P e r l ' s e x t e n s i v e d o c u m e n t a t i o n .
F o r e a s e o f a c c e s s , t h e P e r l m a n u a l h a s b e e n s p l i t u p i n t o s e v e r a l s e c t i o n s .
# O v e r v i e w
perl Perl overview (this section)
perlintro Perl introduction for beginners
perltoc Perl documentation table of contents
# T u t o r i a l s
perlreftut Perl references short introduction
perldsc Perl data structures intro
perllol Perl data structures: arrays of arrays
perlrequick Perl regular expressions quick start
perlretut Perl regular expressions tutorial
perlboot Perl OO tutorial for beginners
perltoot Perl OO tutorial, part 1
perltooc Perl OO tutorial, part 2
perlbot Perl OO tricks and examples
perlstyle Perl style guide
perlcheat Perl cheat sheet
perltrap Perl traps for the unwary
perldebtut Perl debugging tutorial
perlfaq Perl frequently asked questions
perlfaq1 General Questions About Perl
perlfaq2 Obtaining and Learning about Perl
perlfaq3 Programming Tools
perlfaq4 Data Manipulation
perlfaq5 Files and Formats
perlfaq6 Regexes
perlfaq7 Perl Language Issues
perlfaq8 System Interaction
perlfaq9 Networking
# R e f e r e n c e M a n u a l
perlsyn Perl syntax
perldata Perl data structures
perlop Perl operators and precedence
perlsub Perl subroutines
perlfunc Perl built-in functions
perlopentut Perl open() tutorial
perlpacktut Perl pack() and unpack() tutorial
perlpod Perl plain old documentation
perlpodspec Perl plain old documentation format specification
perlrun Perl execution and options
perldiag Perl diagnostic messages
perllexwarn Perl warnings and their control
perldebug Perl debugging
perlvar Perl predefined variables
perlre Perl regular expressions, the rest of the story
perlreref Perl regular expressions quick reference
perlref Perl references, the rest of the story
perlform Perl formats
perlobj Perl objects
perltie Perl objects hidden behind simple variables
perldbmfilter Perl DBM filters
perlipc Perl interprocess communication
perlfork Perl fork() information
perlnumber Perl number semantics
perlthrtut Perl threads tutorial
perlothrtut Old Perl threads tutorial
perlport Perl portability guide
perllocale Perl locale support
perluniintro Perl Unicode introduction
perlunicode Perl Unicode support
perlebcdic Considerations for running Perl on EBCDIC platforms
perlsec Perl security
perlmod Perl modules: how they work
perlmodlib Perl modules: how to write and use
perlmodstyle Perl modules: how to write modules with style
perlmodinstall Perl modules: how to install from CPAN
perlnewmod Perl modules: preparing a new module for distribution
perlutil utilities packaged with the Perl distribution
perlcompile Perl compiler suite intro
perlfilter Perl source filters
# I n t e r n a l s a n d C L a n g u a g e I n t e r f a c e
perlembed Perl ways to embed perl in your C or C++ application
perldebguts Perl debugging guts and tips
perlxstut Perl XS tutorial
perlxs Perl XS application programming interface
perlclib Internal replacements for standard C library functions
perlguts Perl internal functions for those doing extensions
perlcall Perl calling conventions from C
perlapi Perl API listing (autogenerated)
perlintern Perl internal functions (autogenerated)
perliol C API for Perl's implementation of IO in Layers
perlapio Perl internal IO abstraction interface
perlhack Perl hackers guide
# M i s c e l l a n e o u s
perlbook Perl book information
perltodo Perl things to do
perldoc Look up Perl documentation in Pod format
perlhist Perl history records
perldelta Perl changes since previous version
perl58delta Perl changes in version 5.8.0
perl573delta Perl changes in version 5.7.3
perl572delta Perl changes in version 5.7.2
perl571delta Perl changes in version 5.7.1
perl570delta Perl changes in version 5.7.0
perl561delta Perl changes in version 5.6.1
perl56delta Perl changes in version 5.6
perl5005delta Perl changes in version 5.005
perl5004delta Perl changes in version 5.004
perlartistic Perl Artistic License
perlgpl GNU General Public License
# L a n g u a g e - S p e c i f i c
perlcn Perl for Simplified Chinese (in EUC-CN)
perljp Perl for Japanese (in EUC-JP)
perlko Perl for Korean (in EUC-KR)
perltw Perl for Traditional Chinese (in Big5)
perlaix Perl notes for AIX
perlamiga Perl notes for AmigaOS
perlapollo Perl notes for Apollo DomainOS
perlbeos Perl notes for BeOS
perlbs2000 Perl notes for POSIX-BC BS2000
perlce Perl notes for WinCE
perlcygwin Perl notes for Cygwin
perldgux Perl notes for DG/UX
perldos Perl notes for DOS
perlepoc Perl notes for EPOC
perlfreebsd Perl notes for FreeBSD
perlhpux Perl notes for HP-UX
perlhurd Perl notes for Hurd
perlirix Perl notes for Irix
perlmachten Perl notes for Power MachTen
perlmacos Perl notes for Mac OS (Classic)
perlmacosx Perl notes for Mac OS X
perlmint Perl notes for MiNT
perlmpeix Perl notes for MPE/iX
perlnetware Perl notes for NetWare
perlos2 Perl notes for OS/2
perlos390 Perl notes for OS/390
perlos400 Perl notes for OS/400
perlplan9 Perl notes for Plan 9
perlqnx Perl notes for QNX
perlsolaris Perl notes for Solaris
perltru64 Perl notes for Tru64
perluts Perl notes for UTS
perlvmesa Perl notes for VM/ESA
perlvms Perl notes for VMS
perlvos Perl notes for Stratus VOS
perlwin32 Perl notes for Windows
B y d e f a u l t , t h e m a n p a g e s l i s t e d a b o v e a r e i n s t a l l e d i n t h e / u s r / l o c a l / m a n / d i r e c t o r y .
E x t e n s i v e a d d i t i o n a l d o c u m e n t a t i o n f o r P e r l m o d u l e s i s a v a i l a b l e . T h e d e f a u l t c o n f i g u r a t i o n f o r p e r l w i l l p l a c e t h i s a d d i t i o n a l d o c u m e n t a t i o n i n t h e / u s r / l o c a l / l i b / p e r l 5 / m a n d i r e c t o r y ( o r e l s e i n t h e m a n s u b d i r e c t o r y o f t h e P e r l l i b r a r y d i r e c t o r y ) . S o m e o f t h i s a d d i t i o n a l d o c u m e n t a t i o n i s d i s t r i b u t e d s t a n d a r d w i t h P e r l , b u t y o u ' l l a l s o f i n d d o c u m e n t a t i o n f o r t h i r d - p a r t y m o d u l e s t h e r e .
Y o u s h o u l d b e a b l e t o v i e w P e r l ' s d o c u m e n t a t i o n w i t h y o u r m a n ( 1 ) p r o g r a m b y i n c l u d i n g t h e p r o p e r d i r e c t o r i e s i n t h e a p p r o p r i a t e s t a r t - u p f i l e s , o r i n t h e M A N P A T H e n v i r o n m e n t v a r i a b l e . T o f i n d o u t w h e r e t h e c o n f i g u r a t i o n h a s i n s t a l l e d t h e m a n p a g e s , t y p e :
perl -V:man.dir
I f t h e d i r e c t o r i e s h a v e a c o m m o n s t e m , s u c h a s / u s r / l o c a l / m a n / m a n 1 a n d / u s r / l o c a l / m a n / m a n 3 , y o u n e e d o n l y t o a d d t h a t s t e m ( / u s r / l o c a l / m a n ) t o y o u r m a n ( 1 ) c o n f i g u r a t i o n f i l e s o r y o u r M A N P A T H e n v i r o n m e n t v a r i a b l e . I f t h e y d o n o t s h a r e a s t e m , y o u ' l l h a v e t o a d d b o t h s t e m s .
I f t h a t d o e s n ' t w o r k f o r s o m e r e a s o n , y o u c a n s t i l l u s e t h e s u p p l i e d p e r l d o c s c r i p t t o v i e w m o d u l e i n f o r m a t i o n . Y o u m i g h t a l s o l o o k i n t o g e t t i n g a r e p l a c e m e n t m a n p r o g r a m .
I f s o m e t h i n g s t r a n g e h a s g o n e w r o n g w i t h y o u r p r o g r a m a n d y o u ' r e n o t s u r e w h e r e y o u s h o u l d l o o k f o r h e l p , t r y t h e - w s w i t c h f i r s t . I t w i l l o f t e n p o i n t o u t e x a c t l y w h e r e t h e t r o u b l e i s .
# D E S C R I P T I O N
P e r l i s a l a n g u a g e o p t i m i z e d f o r s c a n n i n g a r b i t r a r y t e x t f i l e s , e x t r a c t i n g i n f o r m a t i o n f r o m t h o s e t e x t f i l e s , a n d p r i n t i n g r e p o r t s b a s e d o n t h a t i n f o r m a t i o n . I t ' s a l s o a g o o d l a n g u a g e f o r m a n y s y s t e m m a n a g e m e n t t a s k s . T h e l a n g u a g e i s i n t e n d e d t o b e p r a c t i c a l ( e a s y t o u s e , e f f i c i e n t , c o m p l e t e ) r a t h e r t h a n b e a u t i f u l ( t i n y , e l e g a n t , m i n i m a l ) .
P e r l c o m b i n e s ( i n t h e a u t h o r ' s o p i n i o n , a n y w a y ) s o m e o f t h e b e s t f e a t u r e s o f C , s e d , a w k , a n d sh , s o p e o p l e f a m i l i a r w i t h t h o s e l a n g u a g e s s h o u l d h a v e l i t t l e d i f f i c u l t y w i t h i t . ( L a n g u a g e h i s t o r i a n s w i l l a l s o n o t e s o m e v e s t i g e s o f c s h , P a s c a l , a n d e v e n B A S I C - P L U S . ) E x p r e s s i o n s y n t a x c o r r e s p o n d s c l o s e l y t o C e x p r e s s i o n s y n t a x . U n l i k e m o s t U n i x u t i l i t i e s , P e r l d o e s n o t a r b i t r a r i l y l i m i t t h e s i z e o f y o u r d a t a - - i f y o u ' v e g o t t h e m e m o r y , P e r l c a n s l u r p i n y o u r w h o l e f i l e a s a s i n g l e s t r i n g . R e c u r s i o n i s o f u n l i m i t e d d e p t h . A n d t h e t a b l e s u s e d b y h a s h e s ( s o m e t i m e s c a l l e d " a s s o c i a t i v e a r r a y s " ) g r o w a s n e c e s s a r y t o p r e v e n t d e g r a d e d p e r f o r m a n c e . P e r l c a n u s e s o p h i s t i c a t e d p a t t e r n m a t c h i n g t e c h n i q u e s t o s c a n l a r g e a m o u n t s o f d a t a q u i c k l y . A l t h o u g h o p t i m i z e d f o r s c a n n i n g t e x t , P e r l c a n a l s o d e a l w i t h b i n a r y d a t a , a n d c a n m a k e d b m f i l e s l o o k l i k e h a s h e s . S e t u i d P e r l s c r i p t s a r e s a f e r t h a n C p r o g r a m s t h r o u g h a d a t a f l o w t r a c i n g m e c h a n i s m t h a t p r e v e n t s m a n y s t u p i d s e c u r i t y h o l e s .
I f y o u h a v e a p r o b l e m t h a t w o u l d o r d i n a r i l y u s e s e d or a w k or sh , b u t i t e x c e e d s t h e i r c a p a b i l i t i e s o r m u s t r u n a l i t t l e f a s t e r , a n d y o u d o n ' t w a n t t o w r i t e t h e s i l l y t h i n g i n C , t h e n P e r l m a y b e f o r y o u . T h e r e a r e a l s o t r a n s l a t o r s t o t u r n y o u r s e d a n d a w k s c r i p t s i n t o P e r l s c r i p t s .
B u t w a i t , t h e r e ' s m o r e . . .
B e g u n i n 1 9 9 3 ( s e e p e r l h i s t ) , P e r l v e r s i o n 5 i s n e a r l y a c o m p l e t e r e w r i t e t h a t p r o v i d e s t h e f o l l o w i n g a d d i t i o n a l b e n e f i t s :
m o d u l a r i t y a n d r e u s a b i l i t y u s i n g i n n u m e r a b l e m o d u l e s
D e s c r i b e d i n p e r l m o d , p e r l m o d l i b , a n d p e r l m o d i n s t a l l .
e m b e d d a b l e a n d e x t e n s i b l e
D e s c r i b e d i n p e r l e m b e d , p e r l x s t u t , p e r l x s , p e r l c a l l , p e r l g u t s , a n d x s u b p p .
r o l l - y o u r - o w n m a g i c v a r i a b l e s ( i n c l u d i n g m u l t i p l e s i m u l t a n e o u s D B M i m p l e m e n t a t i o n s )
D e s c r i b e d i n p e r l t i e a n d A n y D B M _ F i l e .
s u b r o u t i n e s c a n n o w b e o v e r r i d d e n , a u t o l o a d e d , a n d p r o t o t y p e d
D e s c r i b e d i n p e r l s u b .
a r b i t r a r i l y n e s t e d d a t a s t r u c t u r e s a n d a n o n y m o u s f u n c t i o n s
D e s c r i b e d i n p e r l r e f t u t , p e r l r e f , p e r l d s c , a n d p e r l l o l .
o b j e c t - o r i e n t e d p r o g r a m m i n g
D e s c r i b e d i n p e r l o b j , p e r l b o o t , p e r l t o o t , p e r l t o o c , a n d p e r l b o t .
s u p p o r t f o r l i g h t - w e i g h t p r o c e s s e s ( t h r e a d s )
D e s c r i b e d i n p e r l t h r t u t a n d t h r e a d s .
s u p p o r t f o r U n i c o d e , i n t e r n a t i o n a l i z a t i o n , a n d l o c a l i z a t i o n
D e s c r i b e d i n p e r l u n i i n t r o , p e r l l o c a l e a n d L o c a l e : : M a k e t e x t .
l e x i c a l s c o p i n g
D e s c r i b e d i n p e r l s u b .
r e g u l a r e x p r e s s i o n e n h a n c e m e n t s
D e s c r i b e d i n p e r l r e , w i t h a d d i t i o n a l e x a m p l e s i n p e r l o p .
e n h a n c e d d e b u g g e r a n d i n t e r a c t i v e P e r l e n v i r o n m e n t , w i t h i n t e g r a t e d e d i t o r s u p p o r t
D e s c r i b e d i n p e r l d e b t u t , p e r l d e b u g a n d p e r l d e b g u t s .
P O S I X 1 0 0 3 . 1 c o m p l i a n t l i b r a r y
D e s c r i b e d i n P O S I X .
O k a y , t h a t ' s d e f i n i t e l y e n o u g h h y p e .
# A V A I L A B I L I T Y
P e r l i s a v a i l a b l e f o r m o s t o p e r a t i n g s y s t e m s , i n c l u d i n g v i r t u a l l y a l l U n i x - l i k e p l a t f o r m s . S e e " S u p p o r t e d P l a t f o r m s " i n p e r l p o r t f o r a l i s t i n g .
# E N V I R O N M E N T
S e e p e r l r u n .
# A U T H O R
L a r r y W a l l < l a r r y @ w a l l . o r g > , w i t h t h e h e l p o f o o d l e s o f o t h e r f o l k s .
I f y o u r P e r l s u c c e s s s t o r i e s a n d t e s t i m o n i a l s m a y b e o f h e l p t o o t h e r s w h o w i s h t o a d v o c a t e t h e u s e o f P e r l i n t h e i r a p p l i c a t i o n s , o r i f y o u w i s h t o s i m p l y e x p r e s s y o u r g r a t i t u d e t o L a r r y a n d t h e P e r l d e v e l o p e r s , p l e a s e w r i t e t o p e r l - t h a n k s @ p e r l . o r g .
# F I L E S
"@INC" locations of perl libraries
# S E E A L S O
a2p awk to perl translator
s2p sed to perl translator
http://www.perl.com/ the Perl Home Page
http://www.cpan.org/ the Comprehensive Perl Archive
http://www.perl.org/ Perl Mongers (Perl user groups)
# D I A G N O S T I C S
T h e u s e w a r n i n g s
p r a g m a ( a n d t h e - w s w i t c h ) p r o d u c e s s o m e l o v e l y d i a g n o s t i c s .
S e e p e r l d i a g f o r e x p l a n a t i o n s o f a l l P e r l ' s d i a g n o s t i c s . T h e u s e
d i a g n o s t i c s
p r a g m a a u t o m a t i c a l l y t u r n s P e r l ' s n o r m a l l y t e r s e w a r n i n g s a n d e r r o r s i n t o t h e s e l o n g e r f o r m s .
C o m p i l a t i o n e r r o r s w i l l t e l l y o u t h e l i n e n u m b e r o f t h e e r r o r , w i t h a n i n d i c a t i o n o f t h e n e x t t o k e n o r t o k e n t y p e t h a t w a s t o b e e x a m i n e d . ( I n a s c r i p t p a s s e d t o P e r l v i a - e s w i t c h e s , e a c h - e i s c o u n t e d a s o n e l i n e . )
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