pearl basic turorials and/or site like phpnet for it
 

Another thing needed for basic modifications
I know I'm in a perfect place to ask this

http://perldoc.perl.org/

is the most similar to php.net

http://www.perlmonks.org/ also contains a bunch of good code snippets.

I spent about a week on a beach one year reading a php book. I remember about as much about php as I know about pearl.

That's my totally unhelpful post in this thread.

thx

It's Perl.

See also http://learn.perl.org/ and the classic text Learning Perl - Schwartz, d foy and Phoenix if you are feeling a bit more determined.

I have done more than a few years of work in the area and PMing me may be worth a try.

fg

thx for the offer, and yes it's Perl, totally pearl newbie here as you see :)