On Fri, Jan 31, 2003 at 02:17:12PM +0000, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi, > I know this is slightly off-topic but it's definitely related to > virtually all Un*xen I've ever come across. I have a colleague who has > never used a *real* OS but now as part of his job he has to. A few times > I've come across him doing things like find/replace over and over in nedit > to change every occurrence of fred for wilma for example. I've quickly > shown him how to PERL it on those occasions. He's finally starting to get > it and has asked me if I know of a good book for learning PERL for a > complete beginner - I let him borrow my Camel (Programming PERL to those > who don't know) but it's too hard for him - no prior programming > experience. > > Can anyone recommend a book (or even better, and online tutorial set) for > this guy to learn basic PERL from. You know simple reg-ex's and the like? > > Thanks for the help, > Kevin
Well, "Learning Perl", an O'Reilly book. Good luck. sam -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
