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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.
This document.

perlfaq1: General Questions About Perl
Very general, high-level information about Perl.

perlfaq2: Obtaining and Learning about Perl
Where to find source and documentation to Perl, support, and related matters.

perlfaq3: Programming Tools
Programmer tools and programming support.

perlfaq4: Data Manipulation
Manipulating numbers, dates, strings, arrays, hashes, and miscellaneous data issues.

perlfaq5: Files and Formats
I/O and the ``f'' issues: filehandles, flushing, formats and footers.

perlfaq6: Regexps
Pattern matching and regular expressions.

perlfaq7: General Perl Language Issues
General Perl language issues that don't clearly fit into any of the other sections.

perlfaq8: System Interaction
Interprocess communication (IPC), control over the user-interface (keyboard, screen and pointing devices).

perlfaq9: Networking
Networking, the Internet, and a few on the web.

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