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| 2 | <!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.3//EN" "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.3/docbookx.dtd" [
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| 3 | <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../general.ent">
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| 4 | %general-entities;
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| 5 | ]>
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[a001133] | 6 | <sect1 id="ch-system-perl" xreflabel="Perl" role="wrap">
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[673b0d8] | 7 | <title>Perl-&perl-version;</title>
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| 8 | <?dbhtml filename="perl.html"?>
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| 9 |
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| 10 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-perl"><primary sortas="a-Perl">Perl</primary></indexterm>
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[6370fa6] | 11 |
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[a001133] | 12 | <sect2 role="package"><title/>
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[5888299] | 13 | <para>The Perl package contains the Practical Extraction and Report Language.</para>
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| 14 |
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[a001133] | 15 | <segmentedlist>
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| 16 | <segtitle>&buildtime;</segtitle>
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| 17 | <segtitle>&diskspace;</segtitle>
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| 18 | <seglistitem><seg>2.9 SBU</seg><seg>143 MB</seg></seglistitem>
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| 19 | </segmentedlist>
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[3554fa3a] | 20 |
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[a001133] | 21 | <segmentedlist>
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| 22 | <segtitle>Perl installation depends on</segtitle>
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| 23 | <seglistitem><seg>Bash, Binutils, Coreutils, Diffutils,
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| 24 | Gawk, GCC, Glibc, Grep, Make, Sed</seg></seglistitem>
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| 25 | </segmentedlist>
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| 26 | </sect2>
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[5888299] | 27 |
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[a001133] | 28 | <sect2 role="installation">
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[73aedd1d] | 29 | <title>Installation of Perl</title>
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| 30 |
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[4248b0e] | 31 | <para>If you want full control over the way Perl is set up, you can run the
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| 32 | interactive <command>Configure</command> script and hand-pick the way this
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[673b0d8] | 33 | package is built. If you think you can live with the (sensible)
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[4248b0e] | 34 | defaults it auto-detects, then prepare Perl for compilation with:</para>
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[73aedd1d] | 35 |
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[5a4b3da] | 36 | <screen><userinput>./configure.gnu --prefix=/usr -Dpager="/bin/less -isR"</userinput></screen>
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[73aedd1d] | 37 |
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[bcd0ce7] | 38 | <para>The meaning of the configure option:</para>
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[05073f6] | 39 |
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[df8334f] | 40 | <variablelist>
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| 41 | <varlistentry>
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[8ad7980] | 42 | <term><parameter>-Dpager="/bin/less -isR"</parameter></term>
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| 43 | <listitem><para>This corrects an error in the <command>perldoc</command> code with the invocation
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| 44 | of the <command>less</command> program.</para></listitem>
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[df8334f] | 45 | </varlistentry>
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| 46 | </variablelist>
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[5a4b3da] | 47 |
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[73aedd1d] | 48 | <para>Compile the package:</para>
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| 49 |
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| 50 | <screen><userinput>make</userinput></screen>
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| 51 |
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[8a5f906] | 52 | <para>If you wish to run the test suite, you first have to create a basic
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| 53 | <filename>/etc/hosts</filename> file, which is needed by a couple of tests to
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| 54 | resolve the name <emphasis>localhost</emphasis>:</para>
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[73aedd1d] | 55 |
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| 56 | <screen><userinput>echo "127.0.0.1 localhost $(hostname)" > /etc/hosts</userinput></screen>
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| 57 |
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| 58 | <para>Now run the tests, if you wish:</para>
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| 59 |
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| 60 | <screen><userinput>make test</userinput></screen>
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| 61 |
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[673b0d8] | 62 | <para>Finally, install the package:</para>
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[73aedd1d] | 63 |
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| 64 | <screen><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>
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| 65 |
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| 66 | </sect2>
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[6370fa6] | 67 |
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[5888299] | 68 |
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[c6cb3aa] | 69 | <sect2 id="contents-perl" role="content"><title>Contents of Perl</title>
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[673b0d8] | 70 |
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[c6cb3aa] | 71 | <segmentedlist>
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| 72 | <segtitle>Installed programs</segtitle>
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| 73 | <segtitle>Installed libraries</segtitle>
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| 74 | <seglistitem><seg>a2p, c2ph, dprofpp, enc2xs,
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[673b0d8] | 75 | find2perl, h2ph, h2xs, libnetcfg, perl, perl&perl-version; (link to perl),
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| 76 | perlbug, perlcc, perldoc, perlivp, piconv, pl2pm, pod2html, pod2latex, pod2man,
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| 77 | pod2text, pod2usage, podchecker, podselect, psed (link to s2p), pstruct (link
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[c6cb3aa] | 78 | to c2ph), s2p, splain and xsubpp</seg>
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| 79 | <seg>(too many to name)</seg></seglistitem>
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| 80 | </segmentedlist>
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[673b0d8] | 81 |
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[c6cb3aa] | 82 | <variablelist><title>Short descriptions</title>
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[673b0d8] | 83 |
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[b8a819f] | 84 | <varlistentry id="a2p">
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| 85 | <term><command>a2p</command></term>
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[c6cb3aa] | 86 | <listitem>
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[673b0d8] | 87 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-perl a2p"><primary sortas="b-a2p">a2p</primary></indexterm>
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[8ad7980] | 88 | <para>translates awk to Perl.</para>
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[c6cb3aa] | 89 | </listitem>
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| 90 | </varlistentry>
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[673b0d8] | 91 |
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[b8a819f] | 92 | <varlistentry id="c2ph">
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| 93 | <term><command>c2ph</command></term>
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[c6cb3aa] | 94 | <listitem>
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[673b0d8] | 95 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-perl c2ph"><primary sortas="b-c2ph">c2ph</primary></indexterm>
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[8ad7980] | 96 | <para>dumps C structures as generated from <quote>cc -g -S</quote> stabs.</para>
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[c6cb3aa] | 97 | </listitem>
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| 98 | </varlistentry>
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[673b0d8] | 99 |
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[b8a819f] | 100 | <varlistentry id="dprofpp">
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| 101 | <term><command>dprofpp</command></term>
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[c6cb3aa] | 102 | <listitem>
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[673b0d8] | 103 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-perl dprofpp"><primary sortas="b-dprofpp">dprofpp</primary></indexterm>
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[8ad7980] | 104 | <para>displays Perl profile data.</para>
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[c6cb3aa] | 105 | </listitem>
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| 106 | </varlistentry>
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[673b0d8] | 107 |
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[b8a819f] | 108 | <varlistentry id="en2cxs">
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| 109 | <term><command>en2cxs</command></term>
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[c6cb3aa] | 110 | <listitem>
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[673b0d8] | 111 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-perl en2cxs"><primary sortas="b-en2cxs">en2cxs</primary></indexterm>
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[c6cb3aa] | 112 | <para>builds a Perl extension for the Encode module,
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[673b0d8] | 113 | from either Unicode Character Mappings or Tcl Encoding Files.</para>
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[c6cb3aa] | 114 | </listitem>
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| 115 | </varlistentry>
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[673b0d8] | 116 |
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[b8a819f] | 117 | <varlistentry id="find2perl">
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| 118 | <term><command>find2perl</command></term>
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[c6cb3aa] | 119 | <listitem>
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[673b0d8] | 120 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-perl find2perl"><primary sortas="b-find2perl">find2perl</primary></indexterm>
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[8ad7980] | 121 | <para>translates find commands to Perl.</para>
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[c6cb3aa] | 122 | </listitem>
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| 123 | </varlistentry>
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[673b0d8] | 124 |
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[b8a819f] | 125 | <varlistentry id="h2ph">
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| 126 | <term><command>h2ph</command></term>
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[c6cb3aa] | 127 | <listitem>
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[673b0d8] | 128 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-perl h2ph"><primary sortas="b-h2ph">h2ph</primary></indexterm>
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[8ad7980] | 129 | <para>converts <filename class="extension">.h</filename> C header files to
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| 130 | <filename class="extension">.ph</filename> Perl header files.</para>
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[c6cb3aa] | 131 | </listitem>
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| 132 | </varlistentry>
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[673b0d8] | 133 |
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[b8a819f] | 134 | <varlistentry id="h2xs">
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| 135 | <term><command>h2xs</command></term>
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[c6cb3aa] | 136 | <listitem>
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[673b0d8] | 137 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-perl h2xs"><primary sortas="b-h2xs">h2xs</primary></indexterm>
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[8ad7980] | 138 | <para>converts <filename class="extension">.h</filename> C header files to Perl extensions.</para>
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[c6cb3aa] | 139 | </listitem>
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| 140 | </varlistentry>
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[673b0d8] | 141 |
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[b8a819f] | 142 | <varlistentry id="libnetcfg">
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| 143 | <term><command>libnetcfg</command></term>
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[c6cb3aa] | 144 | <listitem>
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[673b0d8] | 145 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-perl libnetcfg"><primary sortas="b-libnetcfg">libnetcfg</primary></indexterm>
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[8ad7980] | 146 | <para>can be used to configure the <filename class="libraryfile">libnet</filename>.</para>
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[c6cb3aa] | 147 | </listitem>
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| 148 | </varlistentry>
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[673b0d8] | 149 |
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[b8a819f] | 150 | <varlistentry id="perl">
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| 151 | <term><command>perl</command></term>
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[c6cb3aa] | 152 | <listitem>
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[673b0d8] | 153 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-perl perl"><primary sortas="b-perl">perl</primary></indexterm>
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[c6cb3aa] | 154 | <para>combines some of the best features of C, sed,
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[673b0d8] | 155 | awk and sh into a single swiss-army language.</para>
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[c6cb3aa] | 156 | </listitem>
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| 157 | </varlistentry>
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[673b0d8] | 158 |
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[b8a819f] | 159 | <varlistentry id="perlbug">
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| 160 | <term><command>perlbug</command></term>
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[c6cb3aa] | 161 | <listitem>
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[673b0d8] | 162 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-perl perlbug"><primary sortas="b-perlbug">perlbug</primary></indexterm>
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[c6cb3aa] | 163 | <para>is used to generate bug reports about
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[673b0d8] | 164 | Perl or the modules that come with it, and mail them.</para>
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[c6cb3aa] | 165 | </listitem>
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| 166 | </varlistentry>
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[673b0d8] | 167 |
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[b8a819f] | 168 | <varlistentry id="perlcc">
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| 169 | <term><command>perlcc</command></term>
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[c6cb3aa] | 170 | <listitem>
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[673b0d8] | 171 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-perl perlcc"><primary sortas="b-perlcc">perlcc</primary></indexterm>
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[c6cb3aa] | 172 | <para>generates executables from Perl programs.</para>
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| 173 | </listitem>
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| 174 | </varlistentry>
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[673b0d8] | 175 |
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[b8a819f] | 176 | <varlistentry id="perldoc">
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| 177 | <term><command>perldoc</command></term>
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[c6cb3aa] | 178 | <listitem>
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[673b0d8] | 179 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-perl perldoc"><primary sortas="b-perldoc">perldoc</primary></indexterm>
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[c6cb3aa] | 180 | <para>displays a piece of documentation in pod
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[8ad7980] | 181 | format that is embedded in the Perl installation tree or in a Perl script.</para>
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[c6cb3aa] | 182 | </listitem>
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| 183 | </varlistentry>
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[673b0d8] | 184 |
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[b8a819f] | 185 | <varlistentry id="perlivp">
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| 186 | <term><command>perlivp</command></term>
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[c6cb3aa] | 187 | <listitem>
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[673b0d8] | 188 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-perl perlivp"><primary sortas="b-perlivp">perlivp</primary></indexterm>
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[c6cb3aa] | 189 | <para>is the Perl Installation Verification Procedure. It can be used to verify that
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| 190 | Perl and its libraries have been installed correctly.</para>
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| 191 | </listitem>
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| 192 | </varlistentry>
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| 193 |
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[b8a819f] | 194 | <varlistentry id="piconv">
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| 195 | <term><command>piconv</command></term>
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[c6cb3aa] | 196 | <listitem>
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[673b0d8] | 197 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-perl piconv"><primary sortas="b-piconv">piconv</primary></indexterm>
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[c6cb3aa] | 198 | <para>is a Perl version of the character encoding
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[673b0d8] | 199 | converter <command>iconv</command>.</para>
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[c6cb3aa] | 200 | </listitem>
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| 201 | </varlistentry>
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[673b0d8] | 202 |
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[b8a819f] | 203 | <varlistentry id="pl2pm">
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| 204 | <term><command>pl2pm</command></term>
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[c6cb3aa] | 205 | <listitem>
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[673b0d8] | 206 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-perl pl2pm"><primary sortas="b-pl2pm">pl2pm</primary></indexterm>
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[8ad7980] | 207 | <para>is a rough tool for converting Perl4 <filename class="extension">.pl</filename>
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| 208 | files to Perl5 <filename class="extension">.pm</filename> modules.</para>
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[c6cb3aa] | 209 | </listitem>
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| 210 | </varlistentry>
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[673b0d8] | 211 |
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[b8a819f] | 212 | <varlistentry id="pod2html">
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| 213 | <term><command>pod2html</command></term>
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[c6cb3aa] | 214 | <listitem>
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[673b0d8] | 215 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-perl pod2html"><primary sortas="b-pod2html">pod2html</primary></indexterm>
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[c6cb3aa] | 216 | <para>converts files from pod format to HTML format.</para>
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| 217 | </listitem>
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| 218 | </varlistentry>
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[673b0d8] | 219 |
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[b8a819f] | 220 | <varlistentry id="pod2latex">
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| 221 | <term><command>pod2latex</command></term>
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[c6cb3aa] | 222 | <listitem>
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[673b0d8] | 223 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-perl pod2latex"><primary sortas="b-pod2latex">pod2latex</primary></indexterm>
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[c6cb3aa] | 224 | <para>converts files from pod format to LaTeX format.</para>
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| 225 | </listitem>
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| 226 | </varlistentry>
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[673b0d8] | 227 |
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[b8a819f] | 228 | <varlistentry id="pod2man">
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| 229 | <term><command>pod2man</command></term>
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[c6cb3aa] | 230 | <listitem>
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[673b0d8] | 231 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-perl pod2man"><primary sortas="b-pod2man">pod2man</primary></indexterm>
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[c6cb3aa] | 232 | <para>converts pod data to formatted *roff input.</para>
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| 233 | </listitem>
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| 234 | </varlistentry>
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[673b0d8] | 235 |
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[b8a819f] | 236 | <varlistentry id="pod2text">
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| 237 | <term><command>pod2text</command></term>
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[c6cb3aa] | 238 | <listitem>
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[673b0d8] | 239 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-perl pod2text"><primary sortas="b-pod2text">pod2text</primary></indexterm>
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[c6cb3aa] | 240 | <para>converts pod data to formatted ASCII text.</para>
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| 241 | </listitem>
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| 242 | </varlistentry>
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[673b0d8] | 243 |
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[b8a819f] | 244 | <varlistentry id="pod2usage">
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| 245 | <term><command>pod2usage</command></term>
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[c6cb3aa] | 246 | <listitem>
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[673b0d8] | 247 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-perl pod2usage"><primary sortas="b-pod2usage">pod2usage</primary></indexterm>
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[c6cb3aa] | 248 | <para>prints usage messages from embedded pod docs in files.</para>
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| 249 | </listitem>
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| 250 | </varlistentry>
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[673b0d8] | 251 |
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[b8a819f] | 252 | <varlistentry id="podchecker">
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| 253 | <term><command>podchecker</command></term>
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[c6cb3aa] | 254 | <listitem>
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[673b0d8] | 255 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-perl podchecker"><primary sortas="b-podchecker">podchecker</primary></indexterm>
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[c6cb3aa] | 256 | <para>checks the syntax of pod format documentation files.</para>
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| 257 | </listitem>
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| 258 | </varlistentry>
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[673b0d8] | 259 |
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[b8a819f] | 260 | <varlistentry id="podselect">
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| 261 | <term><command>podselect</command></term>
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[c6cb3aa] | 262 | <listitem>
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[673b0d8] | 263 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-perl podselect"><primary sortas="b-podselect">podselect</primary></indexterm>
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[c6cb3aa] | 264 | <para>displays selected sections of pod documentation.</para>
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| 265 | </listitem>
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| 266 | </varlistentry>
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[673b0d8] | 267 |
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[b8a819f] | 268 | <varlistentry id="psed">
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| 269 | <term><command>psed</command></term>
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[c6cb3aa] | 270 | <listitem>
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[673b0d8] | 271 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-perl psed"><primary sortas="b-psed">psed</primary></indexterm>
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[8ad7980] | 272 | <para>is a Perl version of the stream editor <command>sed</command>.</para>
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[c6cb3aa] | 273 | </listitem>
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| 274 | </varlistentry>
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[673b0d8] | 275 |
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[b8a819f] | 276 | <varlistentry id="pstruct">
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| 277 | <term><command>pstruct</command></term>
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[c6cb3aa] | 278 | <listitem>
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[673b0d8] | 279 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-perl pstruct"><primary sortas="b-pstruct">pstruct</primary></indexterm>
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[8ad7980] | 280 | <para>dumps C structures as generated from <quote>cc -g -S</quote> stabs.</para>
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[c6cb3aa] | 281 | </listitem>
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| 282 | </varlistentry>
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[673b0d8] | 283 |
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[b8a819f] | 284 | <varlistentry id="s2p">
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| 285 | <term><command>s2p</command></term>
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[c6cb3aa] | 286 | <listitem>
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[673b0d8] | 287 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-perl s2p"><primary sortas="b-s2p">s2p</primary></indexterm>
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[8ad7980] | 288 | <para>translates sed to Perl.</para>
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[c6cb3aa] | 289 | </listitem>
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| 290 | </varlistentry>
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[673b0d8] | 291 |
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[b8a819f] | 292 | <varlistentry id="splain">
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| 293 | <term><command>splain</command></term>
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[c6cb3aa] | 294 | <listitem>
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[673b0d8] | 295 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-perl splain"><primary sortas="b-splain">splain</primary></indexterm>
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[c6cb3aa] | 296 | <para>is used to force verbose warning
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[8ad7980] | 297 | diagnostics in Perl.</para>
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[c6cb3aa] | 298 | </listitem>
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| 299 | </varlistentry>
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[673b0d8] | 300 |
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[b8a819f] | 301 | <varlistentry id="xsubpp">
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| 302 | <term><command>xsubpp</command></term>
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[c6cb3aa] | 303 | <listitem>
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[673b0d8] | 304 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-perl xsubpp"><primary sortas="b-xsubpp">xsubpp</primary></indexterm>
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[c6cb3aa] | 305 | <para>converts Perl XS code into C code.</para>
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| 306 | </listitem>
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| 307 | </varlistentry>
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| 308 | </variablelist>
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[673b0d8] | 309 |
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| 310 | </sect2>
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| 311 |
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| 312 | </sect1>
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