Learning Perl, better known as "the Llama book", starts the programmer on the way to mastery. Written by three prominent members of the Perl community who each have several years of experience teaching Perl around the world, this edition has been updated to account for all the recent changes to the language up to Perl 5.8. Perl is the language for people who want to get work done. It started as a tool for Unix system administrators who needed something powerful for small tasks.


Since then, Perl has blossomed into a full-featured programming language used for web programming, database manipulation, XML processing, and system administration--on practically all platforms--while remaining the favorite tool for the small daily tasks it was designed for. You might start using Perl because you need it, but you'll continue to use it because you love it. Informed by their years of success at teaching Perl as consultants, the authors have re-engineered the Llama to better match the pace and scope appropriate for readers getting started with Perl, while retaining the detailed discussion, thorough examples, and eclectic wit for which the Llama is famous. The book includes new exercises and solutions so you can practice what you've learned while it's still fresh in your mind. Here are just some of the topics covered:

* Perl variable types
* subroutines
* file operations
* regular expressions
* text processing
* strings and sorting
* process management
* using third party modules

If you ask Perl programmers today what book they relied on most when they were learning Perl, you'll find that an overwhelming majority will point to the Llama. With good reason. Other books may teach you to program in Perl, but this book will turn you into a Perl programmer.

Author: Ed Wilson

Publisher: Microsoft Press

Date: February 5, 2008

Pages: 687

Description:

Get practical guidance for using Windows PowerShell to manage Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008.

Written by Ed Wilson, a leading scripting expert and trainer at Microsoft, this reference offers a task-based approach to help you find the information you need for day-to-day tasks. It offers rich examples that administrators can customize for their own environment and needs. The scripts range in complexity from one-line commands, to full-blown scripts with managed output and command-line arguments examples that are applicable to all skill levels.

Windows PowerShell Scripting Guide will equip you with the tools to automate the setup, deployment, and management of computers running Windows. In addition, this book will provide you with a thorough examination of the cmdlets that ship with the product.

More than 300 scripts illustrate the main tasks performed by a network administrator: security, configuration, deployment, maintenance, networking, and troubleshooting.