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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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3 | <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../general.ent">
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4 | %general-entities;
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5 | ]>
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6 | <sect1 id="ch-system-perl" role="wrap">
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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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11 |
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12 | <sect2 role="package"><title/>
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13 | <para>The Perl package contains the Practical Extraction and Report Language.</para>
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14 |
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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>137 MB</seg></seglistitem>
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19 | </segmentedlist>
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20 |
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21 | <segmentedlist>
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22 | <segtitle>&dependencies;</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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26 | </sect2>
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27 |
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28 | <sect2 role="installation">
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29 | <title>Installation of Perl</title>
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30 |
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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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35 |
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36 | <screen><userinput>./configure.gnu --prefix=/usr -Dpager="/bin/less -isR"</userinput></screen>
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37 |
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38 | <para>The meaning of the configure options:</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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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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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 the tests to
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54 | resolve the network name localhost:</para>
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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 desired:</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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62 | <para>Install the package:</para>
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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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67 |
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68 |
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69 | <sect2 id="contents-perl" role="content"><title>Contents of Perl</title>
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70 |
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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 | <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
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85 |
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86 | <varlistentry id="a2p">
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87 | <term><command>a2p</command></term>
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88 | <listitem>
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89 | <para>Translates awk to Perl</para>
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90 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-perl a2p"><primary sortas="b-a2p">a2p</primary></indexterm>
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91 | </listitem>
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92 | </varlistentry>
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93 |
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94 | <varlistentry id="c2ph">
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95 | <term><command>c2ph</command></term>
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96 | <listitem>
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97 | <para>Dumps C structures as generated from <command>cc -g -S</command></para>
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98 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-perl c2ph"><primary sortas="b-c2ph">c2ph</primary></indexterm>
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99 | </listitem>
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100 | </varlistentry>
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101 |
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102 | <varlistentry id="dprofpp">
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103 | <term><command>dprofpp</command></term>
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104 | <listitem>
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105 | <para>Displays Perl profile data</para>
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106 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-perl dprofpp"><primary sortas="b-dprofpp">dprofpp</primary></indexterm>
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107 | </listitem>
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108 | </varlistentry>
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109 |
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110 | <varlistentry id="en2cxs">
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111 | <term><command>en2cxs</command></term>
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112 | <listitem>
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113 | <para>Builds a Perl extension for the Encode module from either
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114 | Unicode Character Mappings or Tcl Encoding Files</para>
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115 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-perl en2cxs"><primary sortas="b-en2cxs">en2cxs</primary></indexterm>
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116 | </listitem>
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117 | </varlistentry>
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118 |
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119 | <varlistentry id="find2perl">
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120 | <term><command>find2perl</command></term>
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121 | <listitem>
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122 | <para>Translates <command>find</command> commands to Perl</para>
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123 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-perl find2perl"><primary sortas="b-find2perl">find2perl</primary></indexterm>
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124 | </listitem>
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125 | </varlistentry>
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126 |
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127 | <varlistentry id="h2ph">
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128 | <term><command>h2ph</command></term>
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129 | <listitem>
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130 | <para>Converts <filename class="extension">.h</filename> C header files to
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131 | <filename class="extension">.ph</filename> Perl header files</para>
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132 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-perl h2ph"><primary sortas="b-h2ph">h2ph</primary></indexterm>
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133 | </listitem>
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134 | </varlistentry>
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135 |
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136 | <varlistentry id="h2xs">
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137 | <term><command>h2xs</command></term>
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138 | <listitem>
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139 | <para>Converts <filename class="extension">.h</filename> C header files to Perl extensions</para>
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140 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-perl h2xs"><primary sortas="b-h2xs">h2xs</primary></indexterm>
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141 | </listitem>
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142 | </varlistentry>
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143 |
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144 | <varlistentry id="libnetcfg">
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145 | <term><command>libnetcfg</command></term>
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146 | <listitem>
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147 | <para>Can be used to configure the <filename class="libraryfile">libnet</filename></para>
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148 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-perl libnetcfg"><primary sortas="b-libnetcfg">libnetcfg</primary></indexterm>
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149 | </listitem>
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150 | </varlistentry>
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151 |
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152 | <varlistentry id="perl">
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153 | <term><command>perl</command></term>
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154 | <listitem>
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155 | <para>Combines some of the best features of C, <command>sed</command>,
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156 | <command>awk</command> and <command>sh</command> into a single swiss-army
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157 | language</para>
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158 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-perl perl"><primary sortas="b-perl">perl</primary></indexterm>
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159 | </listitem>
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160 | </varlistentry>
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161 |
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162 | <varlistentry id="perl-version">
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163 | <term><command>perl&perl-version;</command></term>
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164 | <listitem>
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165 | <para>A hard link to <command>perl</command></para>
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166 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-perl perl-version"><primary
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167 | sortas="b-perl&perl-version;">perl&perl-version;</primary></indexterm>
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168 | </listitem>
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169 | </varlistentry>
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170 |
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171 |
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172 | <varlistentry id="perlbug">
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173 | <term><command>perlbug</command></term>
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174 | <listitem>
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175 | <para>Used to generate bug reports about Perl, or the modules that come
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176 | with it, and mail them</para>
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177 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-perl perlbug"><primary sortas="b-perlbug">perlbug</primary></indexterm>
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178 | </listitem>
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179 | </varlistentry>
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180 |
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181 | <varlistentry id="perlcc">
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182 | <term><command>perlcc</command></term>
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183 | <listitem>
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184 | <para>Generates executables from Perl programs</para>
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185 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-perl perlcc"><primary sortas="b-perlcc">perlcc</primary></indexterm>
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186 | </listitem>
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187 | </varlistentry>
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188 |
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189 | <varlistentry id="perldoc">
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190 | <term><command>perldoc</command></term>
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191 | <listitem>
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192 | <para>Displays a piece of documentation in pod format that is embedded
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193 | in the Perl installation tree or in a Perl script</para>
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194 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-perl perldoc"><primary sortas="b-perldoc">perldoc</primary></indexterm>
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195 | </listitem>
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196 | </varlistentry>
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197 |
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198 | <varlistentry id="perlivp">
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199 | <term><command>perlivp</command></term>
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200 | <listitem>
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201 | <para>The Perl Installation Verification Procedure; it can be used to
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202 | verify that Perl and its libraries have been installed
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203 | correctly</para>
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204 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-perl perlivp"><primary sortas="b-perlivp">perlivp</primary></indexterm>
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205 | </listitem>
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206 | </varlistentry>
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207 |
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208 | <varlistentry id="piconv">
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209 | <term><command>piconv</command></term>
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210 | <listitem>
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211 | <para>A Perl version of the character encoding converter
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212 | <command>iconv</command></para>
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213 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-perl piconv"><primary sortas="b-piconv">piconv</primary></indexterm>
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214 | </listitem>
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215 | </varlistentry>
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216 |
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217 | <varlistentry id="pl2pm">
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218 | <term><command>pl2pm</command></term>
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219 | <listitem>
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220 | <para>A rough tool for converting Perl4 <filename class="extension">.pl</filename>
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221 | files to Perl5 <filename class="extension">.pm</filename> modules</para>
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222 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-perl pl2pm"><primary sortas="b-pl2pm">pl2pm</primary></indexterm>
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223 | </listitem>
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224 | </varlistentry>
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225 |
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226 | <varlistentry id="pod2html">
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227 | <term><command>pod2html</command></term>
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228 | <listitem>
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229 | <para>Converts files from pod format to HTML format</para>
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230 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-perl pod2html"><primary sortas="b-pod2html">pod2html</primary></indexterm>
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231 | </listitem>
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232 | </varlistentry>
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233 |
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234 | <varlistentry id="pod2latex">
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235 | <term><command>pod2latex</command></term>
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236 | <listitem>
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237 | <para>Converts files from pod format to LaTeX format</para>
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238 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-perl pod2latex"><primary sortas="b-pod2latex">pod2latex</primary></indexterm>
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239 | </listitem>
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240 | </varlistentry>
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241 |
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242 | <varlistentry id="pod2man">
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243 | <term><command>pod2man</command></term>
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244 | <listitem>
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245 | <para>Converts pod data to formatted *roff input</para>
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246 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-perl pod2man"><primary sortas="b-pod2man">pod2man</primary></indexterm>
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247 | </listitem>
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248 | </varlistentry>
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249 |
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250 | <varlistentry id="pod2text">
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251 | <term><command>pod2text</command></term>
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252 | <listitem>
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253 | <para>Converts pod data to formatted ASCII text</para>
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254 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-perl pod2text"><primary sortas="b-pod2text">pod2text</primary></indexterm>
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255 | </listitem>
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256 | </varlistentry>
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257 |
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258 | <varlistentry id="pod2usage">
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259 | <term><command>pod2usage</command></term>
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260 | <listitem>
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261 | <para>Prints usage messages from embedded pod docs in files</para>
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262 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-perl pod2usage"><primary sortas="b-pod2usage">pod2usage</primary></indexterm>
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263 | </listitem>
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264 | </varlistentry>
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265 |
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266 | <varlistentry id="podchecker">
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267 | <term><command>podchecker</command></term>
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268 | <listitem>
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269 | <para>Checks the syntax of pod format documentation files</para>
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270 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-perl podchecker"><primary sortas="b-podchecker">podchecker</primary></indexterm>
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271 | </listitem>
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272 | </varlistentry>
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273 |
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274 | <varlistentry id="podselect">
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275 | <term><command>podselect</command></term>
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276 | <listitem>
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277 | <para>Displays selected sections of pod documentation</para>
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278 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-perl podselect"><primary sortas="b-podselect">podselect</primary></indexterm>
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279 | </listitem>
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280 | </varlistentry>
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281 |
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282 | <varlistentry id="psed">
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283 | <term><command>psed</command></term>
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284 | <listitem>
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285 | <para>A Perl version of the stream editor <command>sed</command></para>
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286 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-perl psed"><primary sortas="b-psed">psed</primary></indexterm>
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287 | </listitem>
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288 | </varlistentry>
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289 |
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290 | <varlistentry id="pstruct">
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291 | <term><command>pstruct</command></term>
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292 | <listitem>
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293 | <para>Dumps C structures as generated from <command>cc -g -S</command> stabs</para>
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294 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-perl pstruct"><primary sortas="b-pstruct">pstruct</primary></indexterm>
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295 | </listitem>
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296 | </varlistentry>
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297 |
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298 | <varlistentry id="s2p">
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299 | <term><command>s2p</command></term>
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300 | <listitem>
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301 | <para>Translates <command>sed</command> scripts to Perl</para>
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302 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-perl s2p"><primary sortas="b-s2p">s2p</primary></indexterm>
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303 | </listitem>
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304 | </varlistentry>
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305 |
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306 | <varlistentry id="splain">
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307 | <term><command>splain</command></term>
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308 | <listitem>
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309 | <para>Is used to force verbose warning diagnostics in Perl</para>
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310 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-perl splain"><primary sortas="b-splain">splain</primary></indexterm>
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311 | </listitem>
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312 | </varlistentry>
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313 |
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314 | <varlistentry id="xsubpp">
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315 | <term><command>xsubpp</command></term>
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316 | <listitem>
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317 | <para>Converts Perl XS code into C code</para>
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318 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-perl xsubpp"><primary sortas="b-xsubpp">xsubpp</primary></indexterm>
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319 | </listitem>
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320 | </varlistentry>
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321 | </variablelist>
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322 |
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323 | </sect2>
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324 |
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325 | </sect1>
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326 |
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