> I think what I need is a quick overview of the basics of perl. The only > web-sites I found include all functions in perl and are quite daunting. > Any ideas? Uhhh, well really basic: ;) http://devcentral.iftech.com/learning/tutorials/web/perl/ Otherwise: (It'll make you register. Ick...) http://www.informit.com/product/0672308940/