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This manual is a guide to perl - the scripting utility that quickly established itself as the UNIX programming tool of choice, and is now establishing itself as the World Wide Web programming tool of choice. Perl is a language for easily manipulating text, files and processes. It provides a more concise and readable way to do many jobs that were formerly accomplished (with difficulty) by programming the C language or one of the shells. This revised second edition contains a full explanation of the features in Perl version 5.0. It covers version 5.0 Perl syntax, functions, debugging, efficiency, and the Perl library. Also includes a Perl cookbook and a quick-reference card.