A Perl script catalogs books and CDs with the help of barcodes

Conclusion

All of the modules used here are available from CPAN and can be installed with a CPAN shell. The article database created by the script can be used in various ways: as a buying aid ("Do I own this book already?"), as a CD archive, or – if you include location details (as in, "Room 1, Shelf 4, Compartment 3") – as an online catalog for absent-minded librarians.

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The Author

Michael Schilli works as a software engineer with Yahoo! in Sunnyvale, California. He is the author of Goto Perl 5 (German) and Perl Power (English), both published by Addison-Wesley, and he can be contacted at mailto:mschilli@perlmeister.com. Michael's homepage is at http://perlmeister.com.

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