Language reference
- perlsyn - Perl syntax
- perldata - Perl data types
- perlop - Perl operators and precedence
- perlsub - Perl subroutines
- perlpod - the Plain Old Documentation format
- perlpodspec - Plain Old Documentation: format specification and notes
- perlrun - how to execute the Perl interpreter
- perldiag - various Perl diagnostics
- perllexwarn - Perl Lexical Warnings
- perldebug - Perl debugging
- perlvar - Perl predefined variables
- perlre - Perl regular expressions
- perlreref - Perl Regular Expressions Reference
- perlref - Perl references and nested data structures
- perlform - Perl formats
- perlobj - Perl objects
- perltie - how to hide an object class in a simple variable
- perldbmfilter - Perl DBM Filters
- perlipc - Perl interprocess communication (signals, fifos, pipes, safe subprocesses, sockets, and semaphores)
- perlfork - Perl's fork() emulation
- perlnumber - semantics of numbers and numeric operations in Perl
- perlport - Writing portable Perl
- perllocale - Perl locale handling (internationalization and localization)
- perluniintro - Perl Unicode introduction
- perlunicode - Unicode support in Perl
- perlebcdic - Considerations for running Perl on EBCDIC platforms
- perlsec - Perl security
- perlmod - Perl modules (packages and symbol tables)
- perlmodlib - constructing new Perl modules and finding existing ones
- perlmodstyle - Perl module style guide
- perlmodinstall - Installing CPAN Modules
- perlnewmod - preparing a new module for distribution
- perlutil - utilities packaged with the Perl distribution
- perlcompile - Introduction to the Perl Compiler-Translator
- perlfilter - Source Filters