In this chapter, we examine the Perl language. We can use Perl to process data and merge data together from disparate sources, a common function in the penetration testing world with its many tools. Scripting in Perl follows most of the standard conventions we can find in other scripting or programming languages and can make use of various data structures, such as variables and arrays to store data in our scripts, arguments, control statements such as loops and conditionals, as well as regular expressions, file input and output, and many of the other standard programming language features.
Perl; variables; arrays; loops; conditionals
• Where Perl Is Useful
• Working With ...