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PERL
PROGRAMMING ON UNIX
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Perl has been
described as C, awk, sed, and shell programming all wrapped into
one language. Learn how to take advantage of Perl's power through
examples and extensive hands-on exercises. This course introduces
object-oriented programming in Perl.
Course Length: 5 Days
Course Tuition: $1690 (US)
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| Fundamentals of UNIX.
C Programming is recommended. |
• Overview of Perl
What is Perl?
Running Perl Programs
Example Programs
• Perl Variables
Three Types of Variables
Variable Names and Syntax
Variable Naming
Lists
Scalar and List Contexts
The Repetition Operator
• Arrays and Hashes
Arrays
Example - The @ARGV Array
Array Functions
Array Slices
Hashes
Hash Functions
Scalar and List Contexts
Revisited
• I/O: Input Operations and File
I/O
Filehandles
The open Function
The Input Operator
Default Input Operator
The print Function
File Operation Functions
Reading Directories
• Operators
Perl operators
Operators, Functions and
Precedence
File Test Operators
Assignment Operator Notations
The Range Operator
Quotation Operators
Pattern Matching Operators
• Flow Control
Simple Statements
Simple Statement Modifiers
Compound Statements
The next, last and redo
Statements
The for Loop
The foreach Loop
• Regular Expressions
Pattern Matching Overview
The Substitution Operator
Regular Expressions
Special Characters
Quantifiers (*, +, ?, {})
Assertions (^, $, \b, \B)
• Subroutines
Overview of Subroutines
Passing Arguments
Local Variables
Passing Names
Returning Values
• Quoting and
Interpolation
String Literals
Interpolation
Array Substitution
Backslashes and Single Quotes
Command Substitution
Here Documents
• References
References
Creating References
Using References
Passing References as Arguments to
Subroutines
Anonymous Composers
Hard References as Hash Keys
The Symbol Table
• Complex Data
Structures
Two-dimensional Arrays in Perl
Anonymous Arrays and Anonymous
Hashes
Arrays of Arrays
Arrays of References
A Hash of Arrays
A Hash of Hashes
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• Packages and Modules
Packages
BEGIN and END Routines
require vs. use
Modules
The bless Function
• Object-Oriented Programming in
Perl
What is Object-Oriented?
Why Use Object-Oriented
Programming?
Classes, Objects, and Methods in
Perl
Inheritance, the "is-a"
Relationship
Containment, the "has-a"
Relationship
Overloaded Operators
Destructors
• Advanced Regular
Expressions
Substrings
Substrings in List Context
RE Special Variables
RE Options
Multiline Res
Substituting with an Expression
• Binary Data
Structures
Variable-Length (Delimited)
Fields
Variable vs. Fixed
Handling Binary Data
The pack() Function
The unpack() function
The read () Function
C Data Structures
• Multitasking with
Perl
What are Single and Multitasking?
UNIX Multitasking Concepts
Process Creation with fork
Program Loading with exec()
File Descriptor Inheritance
How UNIX Opens Files
One-Way Data Flow - Pipes
Final Result - Page Viewing
• Sockets Programming in
Perl
Clients and Servers
Ports and Services
Berkeley Sockets
Data Structures of the Sockets
API
Socket System Calls
Generic Client/Server Models
A Little Web Server
• Appendix 1 - The Perl
Distribution
Where Can You Get Perl?
How Do You Build Perl?
What Gets Created and Installed?
Differences Between Platforms
• Appendix 2 - The Perl
Debugger
Overview of the Perl debugger
Debugger Commands
Non-Debugger Commands
Listing Lines
Single Stepping
Setting and Clearing Breakpoints
Modifying the Debugger
The -w and -D Flags
Contact us for course schedules or more
information.
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