perlfaq
Current Perl documentation can be found at
perldoc.perl.org.
Here is our local, out-dated (pre-5.6) version:
This document is structured into the following sections:
- perlfaq: Structural overview of the FAQ.
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This document.
- perlfaq1: General Questions About Perl
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Very general, high-level information about Perl.
- perlfaq2: Obtaining and Learning about Perl
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Where to find source and documentation to Perl, support, and related
matters.
- perlfaq3: Programming Tools
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Programmer tools and programming support.
- perlfaq4: Data Manipulation
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Manipulating numbers, dates, strings, arrays, hashes, and miscellaneous
data issues.
- perlfaq5: Files and Formats
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I/O and the ``f'' issues: filehandles, flushing,
formats and footers.
- perlfaq6: Regexps
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Pattern matching and regular expressions.
- perlfaq7: General Perl Language Issues
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General Perl language issues that don't clearly fit into any of the other
sections.
- perlfaq8: System Interaction
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Interprocess communication
(IPC), control over the user-interface (keyboard,
screen and pointing devices).
- perlfaq9: Networking
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Networking, the Internet, and a few on the web.
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