Reddit reviews Learning Perl

> I purchased 3 books - Perl for Beginners, Perl by example, Learning Perl (6th edition)

I can't find a book called Perl for Beginners. If you mean Beginning Perl then that's a highly recommended book.

Learning Perl is also very good.

The two books above are written by acknowledged Perl experts.

Perl By Example appears to be written by someone who knows very little about Perl. I really can't recommend it. Sorry you wasted your money.

For an intro to general Unix wizardry, I'd recommend Unix Power Tools. It covers all the basic Unix tools, and shows how they can be used together effectively.

To be a real Unix master, you should also learn Perl. If you want to go farther and master Perl you can't go wrong with that.

Once you know the basics of Perl, get the Perl Cookbook, which has many great recipes for doing things like in your list. In fact, if I recall, that very example might be in the book; if not, one very close to it is.

I always had a hard time learning from man pages. They're great for reference once you've already got your bearings, but in my opinion these books will serve you far better.

Intro: Learning Perl (6th Edition, 2012)

Amazon link

http://www.amazon.com/Learning-Perl-Randal-L-Schwartz/dp/1449303587/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1463160781&sr=8-1&keywords=learning+perl

I read this and it's a good start atleast. You can read this in a week, nice engaging laid-back writing style. Doesn't cover OOP Perl though.

if you're developing in C++ and the other guys is programming in Perl, then that seems like a big Bus Factor for a small company withouth introducing even more languages.

Perl has some pretty good introductory books, including Learning Perl and Beginning Perl.

Also check out Perl's Excel handling on CPAN. Not sure how this compares to Python.

I took an elective course in Perl programming and we used the "llama book" Learning Perl which is well-regarded and supposedly one of the most "approachable" Perl texts. I thought the book was very helpful and easy to understand.

I haven't learned Python, but I did learn Perl, and I hear they're similar-ish. The process is probably just as easy. The Learning Perl textbook is the best book I've ever seen on learning a programming language and I can't recommend it
enough.

Depending on how many characters there are, and depending on how much of a one-time thing this is, you might be able to get away with Search and Replace in Word.

I would probably recommend Learning Perl ( http://www.amazon.com/Learning-Perl-Randal-L-Schwartz/dp/1449303587/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1345526524&sr=8-1&keywords=learning+perl ) or Modern Perl ( http://www.modernperlbooks.com/mt/index.html ).

Getting used to using the perldoc command, it is very helpful. perldoc perldoc is a great place to start.