{"product_id":"9781593275693","title":"Perl One-Liners: 130 Programs That Get Things Done","description":"Part of the fun of programming in Perl lies in tackling tedious tasks with short, efficient, and reusable code. Often, the perfect tool is the one-liner, a small but powerful program that fits in one line of code and does one thing really well.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn \u003ci\u003ePerl One-Liners\u003c\/i\u003e, author and impatient hacker Peteris Krumins takes you through more than 100 compelling one-liners that do all sorts of handy things, such as manipulate line spacing, tally column values in a table, and get a list of users on a system. This cookbook of useful, customizable, and fun scripts will even help hone your Perl coding skills, as Krumins dissects the code to give you a deeper understanding of the language.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eYou'll find one-liners that:\u003cbr\u003e–Encode, decode, and convert strings\u003cbr\u003e–Generate random passwords\u003cbr\u003e–Calculate sums, factorials, and the mathematical constants pi and \u003ci\u003ee\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e–Add or remove spaces\u003cbr\u003e–Number lines in a file\u003cbr\u003e–Print lines that match a specific pattern\u003cbr\u003e–Check to see if a number is prime with a regular expression\u003cbr\u003e–Convert IP address to decimal form\u003cbr\u003e–Replace one string with another\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAnd many more! Save time and sharpen your coding skills as you learn to conquer those pesky tasks in a few precisely placed keystrokes with \u003ci\u003ePerl One-Liners\u003c\/i\u003e.","brand":"No Starch Press San Francisco, CA","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47129267667184,"sku":"9781593275693","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781593275693_p0.jpg?v=1763806647","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781593275693","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}