If you don’t read the first 2 chapter’s you will miss this:

the shebang:

#!/usr/bin/perl #thiss iz the magik line
use strict #this is to larry find out, why
use warnings #this is to larry find out, why

astalavista PERL 1:

perlfaq1: General Questions About Perl
perlfaq2: Obtaining and Learning about Perl
perlfaq3: Programming Tools
perlfaq4: Data Manipulation
perlfaq5: Files and Formats
perlfaq6: Regular Expressions
perlfaq7: General Perl Language Issues
perlfaq8: System Interaction
perlfaq9: Web, Email and Networking