Learning perl

•Practical Extraction and Report Language
–Or: Pathologically Eclectic Rubbish Lister
•A compiled/interpreted programming language
•Combines popular features of the shell, sed, awkand C
•Useful for manipulating files, text and processes
–Also for sysadminsand CGI
Use ‘perl–v’to see the version
•Perl is portable
•Perl is free!