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PERL

 

Perl is a programming language especially  designed for text editing. It is now widely used for a variety of purposes including Linux system administration, network programming, web development etc.

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Perl is of great importance in a Linux operating system where it can be used to create programs, handle Databases and e-mails, GUI (Graphical User Interface) development, Networking and System Administration.

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Benefits of Perl

• Perl is an interpretted language.

• It is an excellent sed/awk replacement, having more functionality, and a similar syntax.

• It is good at pattern matching, regular expressions, and string manipulation.

• Perl is good for file manipulation.

• It is often used for CGI scripts and other web related jobs.

• It's in common use, especially by system administrators.

• Perl is very portable - it is available for almost every platform.