This is the start of a series of articles that I will be writing for perl. I will start with some basics and progress from there. The end of the road should will get us into using various modules to aid in automation of tasks.

In the Beginning God created the Heavens and the Earth.   He created light to separate the darkness, and called light Day and dark night.  On the Second Day, God created an expanse between the waters, and called the expanse sky.  On the Third Day, God created dry ground which he called land, and the separated water below the sky, he called seas.  God then called out for the land to produce vegetation of all kinds.  On the Fourth Day, God created lights in the expanse of the sky to separate day and night, and let them be used to as signs to mark seasons, days and years.   God made a greater light to govern the day, and a lesser light to govern the night, and stars to fill the expanse.   On the Fifth Day, God created living creatures in the seas and the skies.   On the Sixth Day, God created living creatures on the land, and created man in our image.  On the Seventh Day, God rested from all his work.

On the Eighth Day, God created Perl to aid man in all their repetitive tasks.   …….   Well maybe not, but some might argue it is not that far off.   So, welcome to Perl Snips!   I am hoping to do several of these little articles, kind of like series.   I will start off with just some basic stuff, but I will start branching out to actual code sniplets to do things like ftp, email, various windows queries, etc.   I am not sure how often I will create these articles, but I will endeavor to make one every few weeks at least.   If you have any questions or comments, you can feel free to register for an account and post in the forums.   So now as they say, “On with the show”!

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