Perl Precision Automating Tasks with Text Processing: Master Perl for efficient scripting and data manipulation - Softcover

Myles, Isandro

Softcover

ISBN 13: 9798297082861

Publisher: Independently published, 2025

Synopsis

🖥️ Perl Precision Automating Tasks with Text Processing

Master Perl for Efficient Scripting and Data Manipulation

Perl is a powerful scripting language known for its text processing capabilities and its ability to automate complex tasks. Perl Precision is your ultimate guide to mastering Perl for text manipulation, data extraction, and automating repetitive tasks. Whether you're processing logs, working with regular expressions, or creating scripts for data transformation, this book will teach you how to leverage Perl's flexibility to write efficient scripts that save you time and effort.

Inside, you’ll learn how to:

• Master Perl syntax and core concepts, including variables, loops, functions, and control structures

• Use regular expressions (regex) for powerful pattern matching and text parsing

• Automate tasks like file processing, system administration, and data extraction with Perl scripts

• Work with Perl’s text manipulation functions, such as split, join, substr, and tr, to process strings efficiently

• Handle CSV, JSON, and XML data with Perl’s built-in modules and libraries

• Build data pipelines for cleaning, transforming, and preparing datasets for analysis

• Optimize Perl scripts for speed and memory efficiency, ensuring they run smoothly even with large datasets

• Integrate Perl with external tools and databases to automate workflows and manage data

• Debug and test Perl code with tools like Devel::NYTProf for performance profiling and Test::More for unit testing

By the end of this book, you’ll be able to automate tasks, process large datasets, and manipulate text efficiently with Perl, enabling you to handle everything from log file analysis to data transformation.

🔧 Perfect for data analysts, system administrators, and Perl enthusiasts
📦 Includes practical Perl code examples, real-world automation projects, and best practices for text processing
⚙️ Focuses on Perl’s text processing functions, regular expressions, and data manipulation techniques for efficient scripting

Master Perl for efficient, automated text processing. Build powerful scripts that handle data and automate tasks with precision.

Edition details

• Publisher: Independently published
• Publication date: 2025
• Language: English
• ISBN 13: 9798297082861
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 216