Thanks all for your suggestions they really helped a lot. I'm planning on purchasing a few books tonight based on your suggestions... now where do I pickup this "LSD" you speek of :-)
Thanks again, -Matt On Mon, Mar 9, 2009 at 12:14 PM, Dan Hanks <[email protected]> wrote: > On Wed, Mar 4, 2009 at 10:40 PM, Matt Nelson <[email protected]> wrote: > > Can I get some recommendations on a good perl book? > > > > I'm looking for something that gives examples mainly related to > interfacing > > with the linux system, ie: doing what most do in bash, but in perl, file > > access, working with files, renaming and other regex related tasks. Also > I > > would like one that sticks mostly to using packages that are included in > the > > standard perl install. > > Perl for System Administrators (by O'Reilly) may cover these topics > well. I'd second the Perl CookBook, and, given you're already familiar > with other languages, the Camel (Programming Perl) would probably be a > good fit (you could probably skip the Llama). Perl in a Nutshell is a > decent reference as well. > > /* > PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net > Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug > Don't fear the penguin. > */ > /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
