I’m new to perl and I like it. I don’t want to over do it but I do want to be fully equipped for other common use. What are the most recommended modules and plugins that one would use for webpage manipulation? Right now, all I have is perl installed. I just recently learn how to use perl strings functions. How about if one want to do some serious page scraping and downloading of html source. There are thousands of modules; however, I selected these few because they sound like they may be needed someday once I get the hang of things. Are these OK or have I over done it? What is missing or should be replaced? Why would I want to use sockets when all I want to do mostly is page scraping and build friendly robots? Which one of these actually provides the LWP:: simple variable or include. Is there a way to install a whole bunch at one time thru ports?
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