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1<sect2><title>Short descriptions</title>
2
3<para><command>a2p</command> translates awk to perl.</para>
4
5<para><command>c2ph</command> dumps C structures as generated from
6"cc -g -S" stabs.</para>
7
8<para><command>dprofpp</command> displays perl profile data.</para>
9
10<para><command>en2cxs</command> builds a Perl extension for the Encode module,
11from either Unicode Character Mappings or Tcl Encoding Files.</para>
12
13<para><command>find2perl</command> translates find commands to perl.</para>
14
15<para><command>h2ph</command> converts .h C header files to .ph Perl header files.</para>
16
17<para><command>h2xs</command> converts .h C header files to Perl extensions.</para>
18
19<para><command>libnetcfg</command> can be used to configure the libnet.</para>
20
21<para><command>perl</command> combines some of the best features of C, sed,
22awk and sh into a single swiss-army language.</para>
23
24<para><command>perlbug</command> is used to generate bug reports about
25Perl or the modules that come with it, and mail them.</para>
26
27<para><command>perlcc</command> generates executables from Perl programs.</para>
28
29<para><command>perldoc</command> displays a piece of documentation in pod
30format that is embedded in the perl installation tree or in a perl script.</para>
31
32<para><command>perlivp</command> is the Perl Installation Verification
33Procedure. It can be used to verify that Perl and its libraries have been
34installed correctly.</para>
35
36<para><command>piconv</command> is a Perl version of the character encoding
37converter <userinput>iconv</userinput>.</para>
38
39<para><command>pl2pm</command> is a rough tool for converting Perl4 .pl
40files to Perl5 .pm modules.</para>
41
42<para><command>pod2html</command> converts files from pod format to HTML
43format.</para>
44
45<para><command>pod2latex</command> converts files from pod format to LaTeX
46format.</para>
47
48<para><command>pod2man</command> converts pod data to formatted *roff
49input.</para>
50
51<para><command>pod2text</command> converts pod data to formatted ASCII
52text.</para>
53
54<para><command>pod2usage</command> prints usage messages from embedded
55pod docs in files.</para>
56
57<para><command>podchecker</command> checks the syntax of pod format
58documentation files.</para>
59
60<para><command>podselect</command> displays selected sections of pod
61documentation.</para>
62
63<para><command>psed</command> is a Perl version of the stream editor
64<userinput>sed</userinput>.</para>
65
66<para><command>pstruct</command> dumps C structures as generated from
67"cc -g -S" stabs.</para>
68
69<para><command>s2p</command> translates sed to perl.</para>
70
71<para><command>splain</command> is used to force verbose warning
72diagnostics in perl.</para>
73
74<para><command>xsubpp</command> converts Perl XS code into C code.</para>
75
76</sect2>
77
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