What is Perl?

• Perl is a language for getting your job done ^[1]
• Perl stands for Practical Extraction and Report Language or Pathologically Eclectic Rubbish Lister ^[1]
• Perl makes it easy to manipulate
  
  • text and numbers
  • files and directories
  • computers and networks
  • programs
• Perl runs on many operating systems, and Perl is one of the most portable programming languages available today.