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1. Programming Perl

   
   

2. Perl Cookbook

   
   

3. Mastering Regular Expressions

   
   

4. Mastering Algorithms with Perl

   
   

5. Perl for System Administration

   
   

okay, so Perl for System Administration is kind of pushing it, but for $70.00, you'd expect at least 5 books, right?

without a doubt, the first 4 books provide a solid, stable foundation from which anyone can build. good stuff (TM).

oh, and fix the search engine, for cryin' out loud. geez... whatever happened to quality control? does no one at o'reilly's use linux any more?