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This will display which version of Perl you have installed on your computer, if you want to install a different version of Perl Funtoo Linux has them sorted in kits. Don't worry if you don't understand kits and what kits are. | This will display which version of Perl you have installed on your computer, if you want to install a different version of Perl Funtoo Linux has them sorted in kits. Don't worry if you don't understand kits and what kits are. | ||
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{{file|name=hello.pl|lang=perl|desc=Hello world Perl script|body= | {{file|name=hello.pl|lang=perl|desc=Hello world Perl script|body= | ||
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###i## chmod +x hello.pl | ###i## chmod +x hello.pl | ||
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Latest revision as of 07:55, October 23, 2018
This Perl programming tutorial is a great scripting guide to help you get started with programming in Perl under Funtoo Linux. We will list more Perl tutorials and programming examples to master your knowledge of Perl Scripting later in this tutorial.
- Perl, a high-level, general-purpose, interpreted, dynamic programming language. Perl is noted for its idiomatically rich syntax, its extensive use of regular expressions and the large module archive CPAN.
Perl was created by Larry Wall in 1987. It was originally developed to process text and produce reports . As a result, a backronym has been formed from its name: Practical Extraction and Report Language.
Installing Perl
Funtoo Linux stages come with Perl included. So there is nothing to install to get you started per se. You can check which version of Perl is installed by running:
root # perl -v
This will display which version of Perl you have installed on your computer, if you want to install a different version of Perl Funtoo Linux has them sorted in kits. Don't worry if you don't understand kits and what kits are.
First script
To see where perl interpreter is installed you can run:
root # which perl
Every script starts with shebang:"#!" which is not read as a comment. The first line is aactually a place where you put your interpreter which in this case is going to be perl.
hello.pl (perl source code) - Hello world Perl script#!/usr/bin/perl
print "Hello, Funtoo!\n";
Now make the script executable and you can run it.
root # chmod +x hello.pl root # ./hello.pl Hello, Funtoo! root #