# Supported tags and respective `Dockerfile` links - [`latest`, `5`, `5.24`, `5.24.1` (*5.024.001-64bit/Dockerfile*)](https://github.com/perl/docker-perl/blob/8b57a74dbc745fb2723bc60ba98768846dae37f6/5.024.001-64bit/Dockerfile) - [`threaded`, `5-threaded`, `5.24-threaded`, `5.24.1-threaded` (*5.024.001-64bit,threaded/Dockerfile*)](https://github.com/perl/docker-perl/blob/8b57a74dbc745fb2723bc60ba98768846dae37f6/5.024.001-64bit,threaded/Dockerfile) - [`5.22`, `5.22.3` (*5.022.003-64bit/Dockerfile*)](https://github.com/perl/docker-perl/blob/8b57a74dbc745fb2723bc60ba98768846dae37f6/5.022.003-64bit/Dockerfile) - [`5.22-threaded`, `5.22.3-threaded` (*5.022.003-64bit,threaded/Dockerfile*)](https://github.com/perl/docker-perl/blob/8b57a74dbc745fb2723bc60ba98768846dae37f6/5.022.003-64bit,threaded/Dockerfile) # Quick reference - **Where to get help**: [the Docker Community Forums](https://forums.docker.com/), [the Docker Community Slack](https://blog.docker.com/2016/11/introducing-docker-community-directory-docker-community-slack/), or [Stack Overflow](https://stackoverflow.com/search?tab=newest&q=docker) - **Where to file issues**: [https://github.com/Perl/docker-perl/issues](https://github.com/Perl/docker-perl/issues) - **Maintained by**: [the Perl Community](https://github.com/Perl/docker-perl) - **Published image artifact details**: [repo-info repo's `repos/perl/` directory](https://github.com/docker-library/repo-info/blob/master/repos/perl) ([history](https://github.com/docker-library/repo-info/commits/master/repos/perl)) (image metadata, transfer size, etc) - **Image updates**: [official-images PRs with label `library/perl`](https://github.com/docker-library/official-images/pulls?q=label%3Alibrary%2Fperl) [official-images repo's `library/perl` file](https://github.com/docker-library/official-images/blob/master/library/perl) ([history](https://github.com/docker-library/official-images/commits/master/library/perl)) - **Source of this description**: [docs repo's `perl/` directory](https://github.com/docker-library/docs/tree/master/perl) ([history](https://github.com/docker-library/docs/commits/master/perl)) - **Supported Docker versions**: [the latest release](https://github.com/docker/docker/releases/latest) (down to 1.6 on a best-effort basis) # What is Perl? Perl is a high-level, general-purpose, interpreted, dynamic programming language. The Perl language borrows features from other programming languages, including C, shell scripting (sh), AWK, and sed. > [wikipedia.org/wiki/Perl](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perl)  # How to use this image ## Create a `Dockerfile` in your Perl app project ```dockerfile FROM perl:5.20 COPY . /usr/src/myapp WORKDIR /usr/src/myapp CMD [ "perl", "./your-daemon-or-script.pl" ] ``` Then, build and run the Docker image: ```console $ docker build -t my-perl-app . $ docker run -it --rm --name my-running-app my-perl-app ``` ## Run a single Perl script For many simple, single file projects, you may find it inconvenient to write a complete `Dockerfile`. In such cases, you can run a Perl script by using the Perl Docker image directly: ```console $ docker run -it --rm --name my-running-script -v "$PWD":/usr/src/myapp -w /usr/src/myapp perl:5.20 perl your-daemon-or-script.pl ``` # License View [license information](http://dev.perl.org/licenses/) for the software contained in this image.