Perl 5 How-To

by Asbury, Stephen; Glover, Mike; Asbury, Stephen; Humphreys, Aidan; Weiss, Ed; Mathews, Jason; Sol, Selena

• ISBN13: 9781571691187
• ISBN10: 1571691189
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1997-09-01
• Publisher: Waite Group Pr

Summary

Nearly 200 solutions to Perl programming problems are included in "Perl 5 How-To". Multi-platform (UNIX, DOS) documentation and solutions are explored, and extensive CGI coverage is given. The CD-ROM includes Perl 5 source code, Perl extensions, binaries, scripts, and utilities--all ready to plug into the reader's own applications.

Table of Contents

INTRODUCTION	xvi
CHAPTER 1: PERL BASICS	1	(44)
CHAPTER 2: CREATING PERL PROGRAMS AND CGI SCRIPTS	45	(30)
CHAPTER 3: FILE MANIPULATION	75	(50)
CHAPTER 4: STANDARD CGI OUTPUT	125	(28)
CHAPTER 5: ENVIRONMENTAL VARIABLES AND COMMANDS	153	(26)
CHAPTER 6: ADVANCED CONTROL STRUCTURES	179	(22)
CHAPTER 7: USER INPUT	201	(60)
CHAPTER 8: MATCHING, FILTERING, AND TRANSFORMING	261	(20)
CHAPTER 9: WRITING REPORTS IN PERL	281	(20)
CHAPTER 10: MANIPULATING EXISTING HTML FILES DURING DYNAMIC OUTPUT	301	(78)
CHAPTER 11: DBM FILES	379	(32)
CHAPTER 12: PROGRAM AUTOMATION, CGI TESTING, AND SECURITY	411	(34)
CHAPTER 13: INTERPROCESS COMMUNICATIONS	445	(34)
CHAPTER 14: CLIENT-SERVER AND NETWORK PROGRAMMING	479	(36)
CHAPTER 15: FUNCTIONS, LIBRARIES, PACKAGES, AND MODULES	515	(40)
CHAPTER 16: HANDLING ASYNCHRONOUS EVENTS	555	(24)
CHAPTER 17: DATA STRUCTURES	579	(26)
CHAPTER 18: SORTING, SEARCHING, AND RECURSION	605	(20)
CHAPTER 19: SPECIAL FILE PROCESSING	625	(34)
CHAPTER 20: UNIX SYSTEM ADMINISTRATION	659	(38)
CHAPTER 21: PERFORMANCE	697	(20)
CHAPTER 22: THE PERL DEBUGGER	717	(18)
CHAPTER 23: OBJECT-ORIENTED PROGRAMMING	735	(36)
CHAPTER 24: EXTENDING PERL 5	771	(56)
APPENDIX A: INTERNET RESOURCES	827	(6)
APPENDIX B: CGI-SUPPORTED ENVIRONMENTAL VARIABLES	833	(2)
APPENDIX C: HTML FORM ELEMENTS	835	(4)
APPENDIX D: GNU GPL AND LGPL	839	(16)
APPENDIX E: INTERNET EXPLORER 3.0: A FIELD GUIDE	855	(14)
INDEX	869