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<p>Hi Shivam, </p> <code> </code>
<p>I wholehearted second the suggestion of buying "Learning Perl" (6th Edition is the latest one). I would also suggest that you buy "Beginning Perl" By Ovid. I too started off without any prior programming knowledge and by the time I was halfway through these two books, I already did small automation. Most important is "Do The Exercises At The End Of Chapter". It very very important.There is a reason why I included these two books in my signature...Because these books are simply awesome. :)</p>
<p> If you are on Windows, please try DWIM Perl. I suggest this primarily for two reasons. There is a chance that some application would already have some version of Activestate Perl already installed on your Windows System. I found this to be true in my case. So I downloaded and installed DWIM Perl, which installs in a complete separate directory.</p><p> It also comes pre loaded with a lot of useful Modules. To quote some, the Net::SSH2 Module (which is one of the many awesome Perl Modules used to login to other systems to run commands and capture output), The MIME::Lite Module which is perfect for automating the E-mail Alerts, The Config::Tiny Module which allows you to have a separate "config" file where you can store the username/Password, commands, and such stuff which your script will be using.</p>
<p>What you will also need is a good Perl Editor. If you use DWIM Perl, you'll get PADRE Editor. Or you can also try the Komodo Edit (Free Version).</p>
<p>Hope this helps you to get started</p>
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<code>
use Learning::Perl;
use Beginning::Perl::Ovid;
print "Awesome Books";
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<a href>http://dwimperl.com/windows.html</a> is a boon for Windows.
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