[SYMBOL] [A] [B] [C] [D] [E] [F] [G] [H] [I] [J] [K] [L] [M] [N] [O] [P] [Q] [R] [S] [T] [U] [V] [W] [X] & (ampersand) && (logical and) operator (bitwise and) operator < and > (angle brackets) > (arrow operator) >> right shift operator <> line input operator << left shift operator * (asterisk) quantifier @ (at sign) @INC array -- (autodecrement operator) \ (backslash) escaping metacharacters metasymbols, use in \@ (backslash-at) ! (bang) ! (logical negation) operator !~ (binding) operator #! (shebang) notation !~ (binding operators) ^ (caret) metacharacter in regular expressions /i (case-insensitive) matching :// ( colon - slashes ) {} (curly braces) 2nd {} (curly braces) quantifier {} (curly braces) dereferencing and -w flag $flag variable $ (dollar sign) $_ variables metacharacter . (dot) character wildcard current directory) string operator :: (double colons) in module names = (equal sign) =~ (pattern binding) operator => (syntactic sugar symbol) / (forward slash) () (parentheses) %genetic_code hash % (percent sign) ++ (autoincrement) operator + (plus sign) quantifier ? (question mark), in quantifiers " (quotes, double) in strings ' (quotes, single) in strings ; (semicolon), ending Perl statements #! (shebang notation) [ ] (square brackets) _dbh (vertical bar) (bitwise OR) operator (logical or) operator alternation @ARGV arrays ^ (caret) bitwise xor operator 24-bit color |