Downloading and Installing Perl in 2021
How to download and install Perl on Windows, macOS, and Linux
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With Perl it is always easier than you think
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Building Perl 6 with Visual Studio 2013
Compiling Rakudo on Windows is easier than you think
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Become a better programmer with exercism.io
The open source programming puzzler that will level-up your Perl programming
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The ultimate guide to Windows and Unix file line ending conversion in Perl
Think you know how to fix CRLF in one line of Perl? There might be more to it than you think …
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How to redirect and restore STDOUT
STDOUT is the Perl filehandle for printing standard output. Unless a filehandle is specified, all standard printed output in Perl will go to the terminal. Because STDOUT is just a global variable, it can be redirected and restored. Want to implement logging on a program without changing every print statement in the source code? Want to capture the standard output of a perl CRON job? Read on.
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Catch and Handle Signals in Perl
We show you how to listen for signals and handle them gracefully
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Test if the user is root
When Perl is executing a program, it maintains the user id of the process owner in a global variable ($<). When a Perl program is executed by root or a user with root privileges (e.g. using the sudo command), the user id variable is always set to zero. This can be checked at the command line:
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Microsoft to Fund Perl Development
If the good news is that the world’s largest software company has recognized the value of Perl and they are willing to fund new Perl development, then you know the bad news. Microsoft has entered into a three-year agreement…
