Perl

Perl may refer to any of the following:

1. Perl is an interpreted, free, open source programming language developed by Larry Wall in 1987. It is similar in structure to the C language. Perl is a commonly used languages in writing CGI (common gateway interface) scripts and programming for Internet and web page applications. Below is an example of a Perl script that prints "Hello World!".

#!/usr/bin/perl
print "Hello World!\n";

Files that include Perl code on a web server may have any file extension, however, commonly they end in .CGI, .PL, or .PLX.

If you're running a Linux distro or macOS, often Perl is already installed on the computer. However, if you're using Microsoft Windows, a Perl client needs to be installed. We recommend Strawberry for Perl or ActiveState, available from the links below.

2. Perl is also a Linux command. See the perl command page for further information, overview, and syntax of this command.

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