Perl is a programming language that is most commonly used to write
CGI scripts for web sites. Perl is most often used to work with text files since it does this extremely well. Perl has been called the Internet's "duct tape" because it is used for just about everything on the web. Perl has a rather unusual syntax but there so many scripts available on the web that you can download one and modify it to meet your specific needs. I personally like
PHP over Perl for most things.
