Perl Scripting

This course will give you a quick understanding of Perl so you can start solving everyday problems with the Perl programming language. This class was developed for people who are new to the Perl programming language and need a tool to help them in solving administrative type tasks and ad hoc requests/queries.

 

Class Agenda:

  • Introduction to Perl
    • Basic Concepts
    • Your first program
  • Scalars
    • Numbers
    • Strings
    • References
  • Arrays
    • Create them
    • Operators, Functions, and Interpolation
  • Control Structures
    • Conditionals
    • Looping
  • Hashes
    • What is hash?
    • Functions and Slices
    • Performance Considerations
  • Basic I/O
    • STDIN
    • STDOUT
    • Diamonds
  • Regular Expressions
    • Basic Expressions
    • Matching
    • Substitution
    • Translation
  • Functions
    • Defining a Function
    • Using a Function
    • Arguments and Scope

Prerequisites:

  • Intro to UNIX, or equivalent.

Audience:

This course is designed for individuals who are new to Perl and need a quick jump-start in order to start using Perl for everyday tasks. This class is not directed towards application development, but rather toward the development of tools that can be used to solve problems the IT Professional runs into everyday.

This Course is designed for those already using a shell script or other language to manipulate files or control processes.

Course Benefits:

Student will have an understanding of the capabilities of the Perl programming language and be able to develop tools (small programs) written in the Perl programming language.

Materials Furnished:

  • Student Manual

Recommended Follow-On Course:

  • Perl Programming

Course Length: Three Days

List Price: $1485.00