Perl 5 How-To

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.

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

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