spider.pl is a program for fetching documnts from a web server, and outputs the documents to STDOUT in a special format designed to be read by Swish-e. The spider can index non-text documents such as ...

Perl may be increasing in popularity because Perl 5 is consistently updated, but the exact reason for its rise is difficult to pinpoint. Last month, Perl’s gradual rise over the summer into the top 10 ...

Hello all,<BR><BR>I'm running my server on redhat linux. I have a perl program that I execute weekly to perform a task and emails the results.<BR><BR>Instead of running it from within linux command.

While other scripting languages have gained popularity, Perl remains a popular choice due to its robust text processing capabilities. It's easy to create "one-liners," or very short scripts, that can ...

I played around with C++ using the Dietal C++ book which I found excellent, what does everybody think about their Perl book? Is it good? Would it be suitable for a beginner (not only to the language, ...

Problem: You need to access a Perl program from your Java program—maybe a custom screen scraper written with LWP (Library for WWW access in Perl), maybe Bugzilla, or maybe one of countless ...

If you write enough Perl, you'll reach a point where you need to create a module. And the more you work with quality code modules from the Comprehensive Perl Archive Network (CPAN), the more you're ...