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Minimal Perl : for UNIX and Linux people by Tim Maher is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

What is Minimal Perl : for UNIX and Linux people about?

A guide to a carefully designed subset of the Perl language, this book makes Perl more accessible to those having UNIX/Linux skill levels ranging from elementary to expert by capitalizing on their existing knowledge of important utilities (grep, awk), or essential concepts (filters, command substitution, looping). Dozens of detailed programming examples are shown, drawn from contemporary application areas such as system administration, networking, Web development, databases, finance, HTML, CGI, and text analysis. Broken into two parts, the first is for all who are familiar with core UNIX/Linux commands such as grep and caters to readers ranging from managers and administrative staff to advanced programmers. The second part is for developers experienced in Bourne, Korn, Bash, or POSIX Shell programming and makes Perl scripting easy to learn by showing Shell examples along with their Perl counterparts. Many Perl modules are covered including freely available pre-written code from the CPAN.Perl is a complex language that can be difficult to master. Perl advocates boast that "There's More Than One Way To Do It", but do you really want to learn several ways of saying the same thing to a

Who reads Minimal Perl : for UNIX and Linux people?

It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.

Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.

Author
Tim Maher
Publisher
Manning Publications Co. LLC
Published
2006
Language
EN
ISBN
9781932394504
Category
nonfiction
Subjects
Computer Science, Language Learning, Programming
Rating
4.5 / 5 (21 ratings)
Updated
2026-03-14

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