Originally posted here by chsh
Actually, IME Perl tends to be used for whatever the person writing it needs to do with it. It's quite a versatile language for something interpreted. I'd say it's an absolute must for doing systems administration -- Bash, sed, awk just don't cut it. I recommend Perl for System Administration, as it breaks it down based on the needs of a Sysadmin.
True there. Perl can automate a lot of the jobs an admin would have to do by hand.