At the risk of being castrated for not recommending O'Reilly books...

I'd seriously recommend Perl: A Beginner's Guide by Donald Thomas and R.Wyke (Osborne).

Following that, you can read Debugging Perl: Troubleshooting for Programmers by Martin Brown (again, Osborne)

Then Perl: The Complete Reference, Second Edition by Martin Brown (Osborne... again) should sit on your shelf and be handy.

After this, I've found everything else I've needed either Here or with perldoc.



---Apsyrtes, who got a *really* good deal on a bunch of Osborne books.... ;)