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[1770019] | 2 | <!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.4//EN" "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.4/docbookx.dtd" [
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[673b0d8] | 3 | <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../general.ent">
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| 4 | %general-entities;
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| 5 | ]>
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[81fd230] | 6 | <sect1 id="ch-system-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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[81fd230] | 13 | <para>The Perl package contains the Practical Extraction and Report Language.</para>
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[5888299] | 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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[81fd230] | 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, and Sed</seg></seglistitem>
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| 25 | </segmentedlist>
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[a001133] | 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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[81fd230] | 31 | <para>To have full control over the way Perl is set up, run the
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| 32 | interactive <command>Configure</command> script and hand-pick the way
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| 33 | this package is built. If the defaults it auto-detects are suitable,
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| 34 | 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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[81fd230] | 38 | <para>The meaning of the configure option:</para>
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| 39 |
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| 40 | <variablelist>
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| 41 | <varlistentry>
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| 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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| 45 | </varlistentry>
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| 46 | </variablelist>
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| 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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[81fd230] | 52 | <para>To run the test suite, first create a basic
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| 53 | <filename>/etc/hosts</filename> file which is needed by a couple of
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| 54 | tests to resolve the network name localhost:</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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[81fd230] | 58 | <para>Now run the tests, if desired:</para>
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[73aedd1d] | 59 |
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| 60 | <screen><userinput>make test</userinput></screen>
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| 61 |
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[3f0c882] | 62 | <para>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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[81fd230] | 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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| 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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| 78 | to c2ph), s2p, splain, and xsubpp</seg>
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| 79 | <seg>Several hundred which cannot all be listed here</seg></seglistitem>
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| 80 | </segmentedlist>
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| 81 |
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| 82 | <variablelist><bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
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| 83 | <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
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| 84 |
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| 85 | <varlistentry id="a2p">
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| 86 | <term><command>a2p</command></term>
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| 87 | <listitem>
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| 88 | <para>Translates awk to Perl</para>
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| 89 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-perl a2p"><primary sortas="b-a2p">a2p</primary></indexterm>
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| 90 | </listitem>
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| 91 | </varlistentry>
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| 92 |
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| 93 | <varlistentry id="c2ph">
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| 94 | <term><command>c2ph</command></term>
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| 95 | <listitem>
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| 96 | <para>Dumps C structures as generated from <command>cc -g -S</command></para>
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| 97 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-perl c2ph"><primary sortas="b-c2ph">c2ph</primary></indexterm>
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| 98 | </listitem>
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| 99 | </varlistentry>
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| 100 |
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| 101 | <varlistentry id="dprofpp">
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| 102 | <term><command>dprofpp</command></term>
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| 103 | <listitem>
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| 104 | <para>Displays Perl profile data</para>
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| 105 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-perl dprofpp"><primary sortas="b-dprofpp">dprofpp</primary></indexterm>
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| 106 | </listitem>
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| 107 | </varlistentry>
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| 108 |
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| 109 | <varlistentry id="en2cxs">
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| 110 | <term><command>en2cxs</command></term>
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| 111 | <listitem>
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| 112 | <para>Builds a Perl extension for the Encode module from either
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| 113 | Unicode Character Mappings or Tcl Encoding Files</para>
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| 114 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-perl en2cxs"><primary sortas="b-en2cxs">en2cxs</primary></indexterm>
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| 115 | </listitem>
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| 116 | </varlistentry>
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| 117 |
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| 118 | <varlistentry id="find2perl">
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| 119 | <term><command>find2perl</command></term>
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| 120 | <listitem>
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| 121 | <para>Translates <command>find</command> commands to Perl</para>
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| 122 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-perl find2perl"><primary sortas="b-find2perl">find2perl</primary></indexterm>
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| 123 | </listitem>
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| 124 | </varlistentry>
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| 125 |
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| 126 | <varlistentry id="h2ph">
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| 127 | <term><command>h2ph</command></term>
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| 128 | <listitem>
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| 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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| 131 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-perl h2ph"><primary sortas="b-h2ph">h2ph</primary></indexterm>
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| 132 | </listitem>
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| 133 | </varlistentry>
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| 134 |
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| 135 | <varlistentry id="h2xs">
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| 136 | <term><command>h2xs</command></term>
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| 137 | <listitem>
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| 138 | <para>Converts <filename class="extension">.h</filename> C header files to Perl extensions</para>
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| 139 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-perl h2xs"><primary sortas="b-h2xs">h2xs</primary></indexterm>
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| 140 | </listitem>
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| 141 | </varlistentry>
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| 142 |
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| 143 | <varlistentry id="libnetcfg">
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| 144 | <term><command>libnetcfg</command></term>
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| 145 | <listitem>
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| 146 | <para>Can be used to configure the <filename class="libraryfile">libnet</filename></para>
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| 147 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-perl libnetcfg"><primary sortas="b-libnetcfg">libnetcfg</primary></indexterm>
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| 148 | </listitem>
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| 149 | </varlistentry>
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| 150 |
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| 151 | <varlistentry id="perl">
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| 152 | <term><command>perl</command></term>
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| 153 | <listitem>
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| 154 | <para>Combines some of the best features of C, sed, awk and sh into a
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| 155 | single swiss-army language</para>
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| 156 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-perl perl"><primary sortas="b-perl">perl</primary></indexterm>
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| 157 | </listitem>
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| 158 | </varlistentry>
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| 159 |
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| 160 | <varlistentry id="perl-version">
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| 161 | <term><command>perl&perl-version;</command></term>
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| 162 | <listitem>
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| 163 | <para>A hard link to <command>perl</command></para>
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| 164 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-perl perl-version"><primary
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| 165 | sortas="b-perl&perl-version;">perl&perl-version;</primary></indexterm>
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| 166 | </listitem>
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| 167 | </varlistentry>
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| 168 |
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| 169 |
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| 170 | <varlistentry id="perlbug">
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| 171 | <term><command>perlbug</command></term>
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| 172 | <listitem>
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| 173 | <para>Used to generate bug reports about Perl, or the modules that come
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| 174 | with it, and mail them</para>
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| 175 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-perl perlbug"><primary sortas="b-perlbug">perlbug</primary></indexterm>
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| 176 | </listitem>
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| 177 | </varlistentry>
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| 178 |
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| 179 | <varlistentry id="perlcc">
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| 180 | <term><command>perlcc</command></term>
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| 181 | <listitem>
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| 182 | <para>Generates executables from Perl programs</para>
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| 183 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-perl perlcc"><primary sortas="b-perlcc">perlcc</primary></indexterm>
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| 184 | </listitem>
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| 185 | </varlistentry>
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| 186 |
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| 187 | <varlistentry id="perldoc">
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| 188 | <term><command>perldoc</command></term>
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| 189 | <listitem>
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| 190 | <para>Displays a piece of documentation in pod format that is embedded
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| 191 | in the Perl installation tree or in a Perl script</para>
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| 192 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-perl perldoc"><primary sortas="b-perldoc">perldoc</primary></indexterm>
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| 193 | </listitem>
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| 194 | </varlistentry>
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| 195 |
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| 196 | <varlistentry id="perlivp">
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| 197 | <term><command>perlivp</command></term>
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| 198 | <listitem>
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| 199 | <para>The Perl Installation Verification Procedure; it can be used to
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| 200 | verify that Perl and its libraries have been installed
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| 201 | correctly</para>
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| 202 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-perl perlivp"><primary sortas="b-perlivp">perlivp</primary></indexterm>
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| 203 | </listitem>
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| 204 | </varlistentry>
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| 205 |
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| 206 | <varlistentry id="piconv">
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| 207 | <term><command>piconv</command></term>
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| 208 | <listitem>
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| 209 | <para>A Perl version of the character encoding converter
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| 210 | <command>iconv</command></para>
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| 211 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-perl piconv"><primary sortas="b-piconv">piconv</primary></indexterm>
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| 212 | </listitem>
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| 213 | </varlistentry>
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| 214 |
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| 215 | <varlistentry id="pl2pm">
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| 216 | <term><command>pl2pm</command></term>
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| 217 | <listitem>
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| 218 | <para>A rough tool for converting Perl4 <filename class="extension">.pl</filename>
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| 219 | files to Perl5 <filename class="extension">.pm</filename> modules</para>
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| 220 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-perl pl2pm"><primary sortas="b-pl2pm">pl2pm</primary></indexterm>
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| 221 | </listitem>
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| 222 | </varlistentry>
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| 223 |
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| 224 | <varlistentry id="pod2html">
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| 225 | <term><command>pod2html</command></term>
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| 226 | <listitem>
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| 227 | <para>Converts files from pod format to HTML format</para>
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| 228 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-perl pod2html"><primary sortas="b-pod2html">pod2html</primary></indexterm>
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| 229 | </listitem>
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| 230 | </varlistentry>
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| 231 |
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| 232 | <varlistentry id="pod2latex">
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| 233 | <term><command>pod2latex</command></term>
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| 234 | <listitem>
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| 235 | <para>Converts files from pod format to LaTeX format</para>
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| 236 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-perl pod2latex"><primary sortas="b-pod2latex">pod2latex</primary></indexterm>
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| 237 | </listitem>
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| 238 | </varlistentry>
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| 239 |
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| 240 | <varlistentry id="pod2man">
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| 241 | <term><command>pod2man</command></term>
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| 242 | <listitem>
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| 243 | <para>Converts pod data to formatted *roff input</para>
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| 244 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-perl pod2man"><primary sortas="b-pod2man">pod2man</primary></indexterm>
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| 245 | </listitem>
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| 246 | </varlistentry>
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| 247 |
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| 248 | <varlistentry id="pod2text">
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| 249 | <term><command>pod2text</command></term>
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| 250 | <listitem>
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| 251 | <para>Converts pod data to formatted ASCII text</para>
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| 252 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-perl pod2text"><primary sortas="b-pod2text">pod2text</primary></indexterm>
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| 253 | </listitem>
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| 254 | </varlistentry>
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| 255 |
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| 256 | <varlistentry id="pod2usage">
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| 257 | <term><command>pod2usage</command></term>
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| 258 | <listitem>
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| 259 | <para>Prints usage messages from embedded pod docs in files</para>
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| 260 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-perl pod2usage"><primary sortas="b-pod2usage">pod2usage</primary></indexterm>
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| 261 | </listitem>
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| 262 | </varlistentry>
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| 263 |
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| 264 | <varlistentry id="podchecker">
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| 265 | <term><command>podchecker</command></term>
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| 266 | <listitem>
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| 267 | <para>Checks the syntax of pod format documentation files</para>
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| 268 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-perl podchecker"><primary sortas="b-podchecker">podchecker</primary></indexterm>
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| 269 | </listitem>
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| 270 | </varlistentry>
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| 271 |
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| 272 | <varlistentry id="podselect">
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| 273 | <term><command>podselect</command></term>
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| 274 | <listitem>
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| 275 | <para>Displays selected sections of pod documentation</para>
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| 276 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-perl podselect"><primary sortas="b-podselect">podselect</primary></indexterm>
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| 277 | </listitem>
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| 278 | </varlistentry>
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| 279 |
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| 280 | <varlistentry id="psed">
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| 281 | <term><command>psed</command></term>
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| 282 | <listitem>
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| 283 | <para>A Perl version of the stream editor <command>sed</command></para>
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| 284 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-perl psed"><primary sortas="b-psed">psed</primary></indexterm>
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| 285 | </listitem>
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| 286 | </varlistentry>
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| 287 |
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| 288 | <varlistentry id="pstruct">
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| 289 | <term><command>pstruct</command></term>
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| 290 | <listitem>
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| 291 | <para>Dumps C structures as generated from <command>cc -g -S</command> stabs</para>
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| 292 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-perl pstruct"><primary sortas="b-pstruct">pstruct</primary></indexterm>
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| 293 | </listitem>
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| 294 | </varlistentry>
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| 295 |
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| 296 | <varlistentry id="s2p">
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| 297 | <term><command>s2p</command></term>
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| 298 | <listitem>
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| 299 | <para>Translates sed to Perl</para>
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| 300 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-perl s2p"><primary sortas="b-s2p">s2p</primary></indexterm>
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| 301 | </listitem>
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| 302 | </varlistentry>
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| 303 |
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| 304 | <varlistentry id="splain">
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| 305 | <term><command>splain</command></term>
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| 306 | <listitem>
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| 307 | <para>Is used to force verbose warning diagnostics in Perl</para>
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| 308 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-perl splain"><primary sortas="b-splain">splain</primary></indexterm>
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| 309 | </listitem>
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| 310 | </varlistentry>
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| 311 |
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| 312 | <varlistentry id="xsubpp">
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| 313 | <term><command>xsubpp</command></term>
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| 314 | <listitem>
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| 315 | <para>Converts Perl XS code into C code</para>
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| 316 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-perl xsubpp"><primary sortas="b-xsubpp">xsubpp</primary></indexterm>
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| 317 | </listitem>
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| 318 | </varlistentry>
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| 319 | </variablelist>
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