Perl is a flexible, open-source, and widely accessible scripting language used by systems administrators and others to automate their daily tasks. "Programming with Perl " will cover every aspect of the most up-to-date version of Perl including scalar data, lists, arrays, hashes, subroutines, files, directories, strings, and much more. Technical topics are explained clearly and concisely. A detailed table of contents and a complete, well-organized index make this book a great reference tool.

Table of Contents:
1. Perl Basics 2. Getting Started 3. Scalars and Strings 4. Print Functions 5. Scalars and Formatting 6. Array Fundamentals 7. Arrays and Data Containers 8. Hashes 9. Extending Hash Applications 10. Control Structures 11. Control Structures and Applications 12. Functions 13. References 14. File IO 15. Regular Expressions