I have on order the Perl Black Book, I should see it in a day or two. Still getting through Learning Perl, I don't know if it is the first book a rank amateur ought to start with, it jumps into scalars and hases without much warning. A few chapters with "This is print", over and over, then a few more with "This is Print with a control character" is what I am looking for <s>.

. Thanks for the recommendations!