- Paperback: 576 pages
- Publisher: Prentice Hall; 2 edition (13 Oct 1997)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0136556892
- ISBN-13: 978-0136556893
- Product Dimensions: 23.6 x 17.5 x 4.1 cm
- Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 3,212,668 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Through proven sample programs, professional Perl trainer Ellie Quigley takes you from your first program to highly sophisticated Perl scripting. She shows how Perl can be a convenient substitute for utilities like grep, awk, sed, tr, shells and C, and how it can serve the specific needs of system administrators. Perl by Example even shows you how to script complex networking and interprocess communications tasks.
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Perl, now more than ever!
A few years ago, Perl was a secret of UNIX® programmers who wanted to combine the power of grep, awk, sed, tr, shells and C in a single easy language. These days it's everywhere, as the source language for the CGI scripts that make the Internet go 'round.
This Second Edition of Perl by Example is completely revised and updated to bring you up to the minute with:
- Complete coverage of Perl 5.
- Bug fixes to existing versions.
- Full treatment of CGI scripting.
Written with the same friendly tone and filled with practical examples, Perl by Example still focuses on bringing you practical information without a lot of fluff. From basic scripting to complex network applications, you'll maximize your learning with:
- Hands-on tutorials, from simple reports to sophisticated Perl scripts.
- One-to-one comparisons with other familiar languages and utilities.
- Convenient reference for ongoing learning.
The enclosed CD-ROM contains distributions of Perl for Windows 3.1, 95, NT, and UNIX systems, plus multiple add-on libraries for all users.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Before buying this book, I had the 'Learning Perl' book by O'Reilly, which I found not too useful to learn perl. This book, on the otherhand, is well-written, and has excellent examples. By page 100 (in a pretty lenghty 500 page book!) - and only a few hours (really!) - I had converted a korn-shell script to a perl script... I also ran a test agains the kornshell (processing a 50Mb text file) and what took 120 secs now takes 30! So, I am converted!
If you want to learn Perl, from scratch, then I would recommend this!
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I believe that this book is a wonderful reference for Perl programers of all levels. The Detailed Index in the back makes it easy to look up the exact subject. Many details not discussed in the O'Reilly books have examples here.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
As someone who learns best by seeing and doing rather than reading abstract theory and explanation, this book is a God-send! Each example is broken down line by line with clear explanations so you can understand exactly what each programming element does. It's the first book to really show me a tangible example of object-oriented Perl that isn't easier as a standard subroutine. This is not a cookbook, but clarifies many programming language features that the Camel book discusses on a "more elevated" plane. If you read advanced programming language code for fun and didn't get lost anywhere in the Camel book, this approach may bore you. But if you're wanting to fill in all the holes from kludging together all those scripts by Matt Wright, this is for you! Highly recommended!
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The best PERL reference on the market
Having studied other perl books, I can confidently say that this is the most clear resource I've seen to date--especially with respect to perl functions. Most examples are good. Read more
Published on 7 Jan 1999
Concur with fella from Oregon - Sucks!
Please do not waste your money on Perl By Example. It is very referency and not as good as Perl POD. Read more
Published on 20 Dec 1998
An okay book. Not to be confused with "Perl 5 By Example."
After picking up a copy of this book after having read glowing reviews of "Perl 5 By Example," I realized I'd purchased a completely different volume. Read more
Published on 17 April 1998
Waste of money
Oh, come on! It would've been better just typing $ man perl. This book is entirely filled with very condescending and useless examples, followed by incredibly tedious... Read more
Published on 21 Feb 1998
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