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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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6 | <sect1 id="ch-system-perl" xreflabel="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>143 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>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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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>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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33 | package is built. If you think you can live with the (sensible)
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34 | defaults it auto-detects, then 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 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><userinput>-Dpager="/bin/less -isR"</userinput></term>
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43 | <listitem><para>This corrects an error in the perldoc code with the invocation
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44 | of the less 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>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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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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62 | <para>Finally, 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>(too many to name)</seg></seglistitem>
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80 | </segmentedlist>
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81 |
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82 | <variablelist><title>Short descriptions</title>
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83 |
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84 | <varlistentry id="a2p">
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85 | <term><command>a2p</command></term>
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86 | <listitem>
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87 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-perl a2p"><primary sortas="b-a2p">a2p</primary></indexterm>
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88 | <para>translates awk to perl.</para>
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89 | </listitem>
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90 | </varlistentry>
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91 |
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92 | <varlistentry id="c2ph">
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93 | <term><command>c2ph</command></term>
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94 | <listitem>
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95 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-perl c2ph"><primary sortas="b-c2ph">c2ph</primary></indexterm>
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96 | <para>dumps C structures as generated from "cc -g -S" stabs.</para>
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97 | </listitem>
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98 | </varlistentry>
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99 |
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100 | <varlistentry id="dprofpp">
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101 | <term><command>dprofpp</command></term>
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102 | <listitem>
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103 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-perl dprofpp"><primary sortas="b-dprofpp">dprofpp</primary></indexterm>
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104 | <para>displays perl profile data.</para>
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105 | </listitem>
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106 | </varlistentry>
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107 |
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108 | <varlistentry id="en2cxs">
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109 | <term><command>en2cxs</command></term>
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110 | <listitem>
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111 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-perl en2cxs"><primary sortas="b-en2cxs">en2cxs</primary></indexterm>
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112 | <para>builds a Perl extension for the Encode module,
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113 | from either Unicode Character Mappings or Tcl Encoding Files.</para>
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114 | </listitem>
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115 | </varlistentry>
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116 |
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117 | <varlistentry id="find2perl">
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118 | <term><command>find2perl</command></term>
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119 | <listitem>
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120 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-perl find2perl"><primary sortas="b-find2perl">find2perl</primary></indexterm>
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121 | <para>translates find commands to perl.</para>
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122 | </listitem>
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123 | </varlistentry>
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124 |
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125 | <varlistentry id="h2ph">
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126 | <term><command>h2ph</command></term>
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127 | <listitem>
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128 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-perl h2ph"><primary sortas="b-h2ph">h2ph</primary></indexterm>
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129 | <para>converts .h C header files to .ph Perl header files.</para>
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130 | </listitem>
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131 | </varlistentry>
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132 |
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133 | <varlistentry id="h2xs">
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134 | <term><command>h2xs</command></term>
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135 | <listitem>
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136 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-perl h2xs"><primary sortas="b-h2xs">h2xs</primary></indexterm>
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137 | <para>converts .h C header files to Perl extensions.</para>
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138 | </listitem>
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139 | </varlistentry>
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140 |
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141 | <varlistentry id="libnetcfg">
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142 | <term><command>libnetcfg</command></term>
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143 | <listitem>
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144 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-perl libnetcfg"><primary sortas="b-libnetcfg">libnetcfg</primary></indexterm>
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145 | <para>can be used to configure the libnet.</para>
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146 | </listitem>
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147 | </varlistentry>
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148 |
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149 | <varlistentry id="perl">
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150 | <term><command>perl</command></term>
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151 | <listitem>
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152 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-perl perl"><primary sortas="b-perl">perl</primary></indexterm>
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153 | <para>combines some of the best features of C, sed,
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154 | awk and sh into a single swiss-army language.</para>
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155 | </listitem>
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156 | </varlistentry>
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157 |
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158 | <varlistentry id="perlbug">
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159 | <term><command>perlbug</command></term>
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160 | <listitem>
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161 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-perl perlbug"><primary sortas="b-perlbug">perlbug</primary></indexterm>
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162 | <para>is used to generate bug reports about
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163 | Perl or the modules that come with it, and mail them.</para>
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164 | </listitem>
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165 | </varlistentry>
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166 |
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167 | <varlistentry id="perlcc">
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168 | <term><command>perlcc</command></term>
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169 | <listitem>
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170 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-perl perlcc"><primary sortas="b-perlcc">perlcc</primary></indexterm>
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171 | <para>generates executables from Perl programs.</para>
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172 | </listitem>
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173 | </varlistentry>
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174 |
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175 | <varlistentry id="perldoc">
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176 | <term><command>perldoc</command></term>
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177 | <listitem>
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178 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-perl perldoc"><primary sortas="b-perldoc">perldoc</primary></indexterm>
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179 | <para>displays a piece of documentation in pod
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180 | format that is embedded in the perl installation tree or in a perl script.</para>
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181 | </listitem>
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182 | </varlistentry>
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183 |
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184 | <varlistentry id="perlivp">
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185 | <term><command>perlivp</command></term>
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186 | <listitem>
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187 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-perl perlivp"><primary sortas="b-perlivp">perlivp</primary></indexterm>
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188 | <para>is the Perl Installation Verification Procedure. It can be used to verify that
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189 | Perl and its libraries have been installed correctly.</para>
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190 | </listitem>
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191 | </varlistentry>
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192 |
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193 | <varlistentry id="piconv">
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194 | <term><command>piconv</command></term>
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195 | <listitem>
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196 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-perl piconv"><primary sortas="b-piconv">piconv</primary></indexterm>
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197 | <para>is a Perl version of the character encoding
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198 | converter <command>iconv</command>.</para>
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199 | </listitem>
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200 | </varlistentry>
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201 |
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202 | <varlistentry id="pl2pm">
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203 | <term><command>pl2pm</command></term>
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204 | <listitem>
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205 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-perl pl2pm"><primary sortas="b-pl2pm">pl2pm</primary></indexterm>
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206 | <para>is a rough tool for converting Perl4 .pl files to Perl5 .pm modules.</para>
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207 | </listitem>
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208 | </varlistentry>
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209 |
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210 | <varlistentry id="pod2html">
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211 | <term><command>pod2html</command></term>
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212 | <listitem>
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213 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-perl pod2html"><primary sortas="b-pod2html">pod2html</primary></indexterm>
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214 | <para>converts files from pod format to HTML format.</para>
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215 | </listitem>
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216 | </varlistentry>
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217 |
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218 | <varlistentry id="pod2latex">
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219 | <term><command>pod2latex</command></term>
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220 | <listitem>
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221 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-perl pod2latex"><primary sortas="b-pod2latex">pod2latex</primary></indexterm>
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222 | <para>converts files from pod format to LaTeX format.</para>
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223 | </listitem>
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224 | </varlistentry>
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225 |
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226 | <varlistentry id="pod2man">
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227 | <term><command>pod2man</command></term>
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228 | <listitem>
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229 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-perl pod2man"><primary sortas="b-pod2man">pod2man</primary></indexterm>
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230 | <para>converts pod data to formatted *roff input.</para>
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231 | </listitem>
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232 | </varlistentry>
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233 |
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234 | <varlistentry id="pod2text">
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235 | <term><command>pod2text</command></term>
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236 | <listitem>
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237 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-perl pod2text"><primary sortas="b-pod2text">pod2text</primary></indexterm>
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238 | <para>converts pod data to formatted ASCII text.</para>
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239 | </listitem>
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240 | </varlistentry>
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241 |
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242 | <varlistentry id="pod2usage">
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243 | <term><command>pod2usage</command></term>
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244 | <listitem>
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245 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-perl pod2usage"><primary sortas="b-pod2usage">pod2usage</primary></indexterm>
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246 | <para>prints usage messages from embedded pod docs in files.</para>
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247 | </listitem>
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248 | </varlistentry>
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249 |
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250 | <varlistentry id="podchecker">
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251 | <term><command>podchecker</command></term>
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252 | <listitem>
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253 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-perl podchecker"><primary sortas="b-podchecker">podchecker</primary></indexterm>
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254 | <para>checks the syntax of pod format documentation files.</para>
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255 | </listitem>
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256 | </varlistentry>
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257 |
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258 | <varlistentry id="podselect">
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259 | <term><command>podselect</command></term>
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260 | <listitem>
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261 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-perl podselect"><primary sortas="b-podselect">podselect</primary></indexterm>
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262 | <para>displays selected sections of pod documentation.</para>
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263 | </listitem>
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264 | </varlistentry>
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265 |
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266 | <varlistentry id="psed">
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267 | <term><command>psed</command></term>
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268 | <listitem>
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269 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-perl psed"><primary sortas="b-psed">psed</primary></indexterm>
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270 | <para>is a Perl version of the stream editor <userinput>sed</userinput>.</para>
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271 | </listitem>
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272 | </varlistentry>
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273 |
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274 | <varlistentry id="pstruct">
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275 | <term><command>pstruct</command></term>
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276 | <listitem>
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277 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-perl pstruct"><primary sortas="b-pstruct">pstruct</primary></indexterm>
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278 | <para>dumps C structures as generated from "cc -g -S" stabs.</para>
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279 | </listitem>
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280 | </varlistentry>
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281 |
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282 | <varlistentry id="s2p">
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283 | <term><command>s2p</command></term>
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284 | <listitem>
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285 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-perl s2p"><primary sortas="b-s2p">s2p</primary></indexterm>
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286 | <para>translates sed to perl.</para>
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287 | </listitem>
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288 | </varlistentry>
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289 |
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290 | <varlistentry id="splain">
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291 | <term><command>splain</command></term>
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292 | <listitem>
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293 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-perl splain"><primary sortas="b-splain">splain</primary></indexterm>
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294 | <para>is used to force verbose warning
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295 | diagnostics in perl.</para>
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296 | </listitem>
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297 | </varlistentry>
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298 |
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299 | <varlistentry id="xsubpp">
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300 | <term><command>xsubpp</command></term>
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301 | <listitem>
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302 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-perl xsubpp"><primary sortas="b-xsubpp">xsubpp</primary></indexterm>
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303 | <para>converts Perl XS code into C code.</para>
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304 | </listitem>
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305 | </varlistentry>
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306 | </variablelist>
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307 |
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308 | </sect2>
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309 |
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310 | </sect1>
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