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Perl regular expressions are text strings formed in a particular syntax that is used in the Perl programming language for searching text patterns within text.

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• A Regex Introduction

  http://www.anaesthetist.com/mnm/perl/Findex.htm
  Tutorial. Covers basic syntax, tricks and traps.

• CPAN

  http://search.cpan.org/search?query=regexp&mode=module
  Collection of regex modules. Includes documentation and download.

• Equinoxbase

  http://www.equinoxbase.com/p5p6regconv/
  Online application. Converts Perl 5 regexps for Perl 6.

• How Regexes Work

  http://perl.plover.com/Regex/
  Collection of Perl regex resources. Includes tutorial, slideshow, class summary, code modules, PDF e-book.

• MakeRegex

  http://www.hakank.org/makeregex/
  Perl module that creates regular expressions from word lists. Includes tester, instructions and download.

• Perl Regular Expression Quick Reference

  http://www.erudil.com/preqr.pdf
  One-page cheat sheet. Contains tables of syntax elements such as character classes, quantifiers and modifiers.

• Perl Regular Expressions

  http://www.troubleshooters.com/codecorn/littperl/perlreg.htm
  Tutorial. Covers matching, replacing and sample problems such as matching a file path's double dots.

• Perl Regular Expressions by Example

  http://www.somacon.com/p127.php
  Basic introduction to Perl regex. Includes examples and partial syntax reference.

• Perl.org

  http://perldoc.perl.org/search.html?q=regular+expressions
  Regex resources on the official Perl site. Includes manual pages, tutorials and FAQs.

• Perlfect

  http://www.perlfect.com/articles/regextutor.shtml
  Online regex tester. Displays matches in bold.

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