On Mon, 12 Jun 2000, you wrote:
> Is there any Perl sites or news groups out there specifically for beginners?
> I seem to understand perl but am having an impossible time getting anything
> to execute.
Sounds like you just need to get a basic book on Perl. Also, make use of
the built-in Perl documentation using the perldoc command. You can start
with:
perldoc perl
perldoc perlfaq
perldoc perlfaq1
perldoc perlfaq2...
Also perldoc -f will give you details on a particular function. For instance,
you might find
perldoc -f open
to be of particular use in your situation. Perldoc is very useful; learn all
its options with:
perldoc perldoc
If you have a question that you can't find answered in the documentation
somewhere, or by using a search engine then you can resort to a site like
http://www.perlmonks.org/ or Usenet groups, but such situations should
be rare, as every question you will have has probably been asked and
answered somewhere on the Net already.
-Joe
