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| 5 | %general-entities;
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| 6 | ]>
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| 7 |
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| 8 | <sect1 id="ch-system-perl" role="wrap">
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| 9 | <?dbhtml filename="perl.html"?>
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| 10 |
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| 11 | <title>Perl-&perl-version;</title>
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| 12 |
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| 13 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-perl">
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| 14 | <primary sortas="a-Perl">Perl</primary>
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| 15 | </indexterm>
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| 16 |
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| 17 | <sect2 role="package">
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| 18 | <title/>
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| 19 |
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| 20 | <para>The Perl package contains the Practical Extraction and Report
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| 21 | Language.</para>
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| 22 |
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| 23 | <segmentedlist>
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| 24 | <segtitle>&buildtime;</segtitle>
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| 25 | <segtitle>&diskspace;</segtitle>
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| 26 |
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| 27 | <seglistitem>
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| 28 | <seg>2.9 SBU</seg>
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| 29 | <seg>137 MB</seg>
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| 30 | </seglistitem>
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| 31 | </segmentedlist>
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| 32 |
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| 33 | <segmentedlist>
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| 34 | <segtitle>&dependencies;</segtitle>
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| 35 |
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| 36 | <seglistitem>
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| 37 | <seg>Bash, Berkeley DB, Binutils, Coreutils, Diffutils, Gawk, GCC,
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| 38 | Glibc, Grep, Make, and Sed</seg>
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| 39 | </seglistitem>
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| 40 | </segmentedlist>
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| 41 |
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| 42 | </sect2>
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| 43 |
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| 44 | <sect2 role="installation">
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| 45 | <title>Installation of Perl</title>
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| 46 |
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| 47 | <para>A security vulnerability exists in Perl's sprintf function. Apply the
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| 48 | following patch to fix it.</para>
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| 49 |
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| 50 | <screen><userinput>patch -Np1 -i ../&perl-sprintf-patch;</userinput></screen>
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| 51 |
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| 52 | <para>The DB_File module that comes with Perl-&perl-version; is incompatible
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| 53 | with Berkeley DB-&db-version; (the testsuite fails if this module gets built).
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| 54 | Apply the following patch in order to update the DB_File module:</para>
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| 55 |
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| 56 | <screen><userinput>patch -Np1 -i ../&perl-db_file-patch;</userinput></screen>
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| 57 |
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| 58 | <para>First create a basic <filename>/etc/hosts</filename> file which will be
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| 59 | referenced in one of Perl's configuration files as well as being used used by
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| 60 | the testsuite if you run that.</para>
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| 61 |
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| 62 | <screen><userinput>echo "127.0.0.1 localhost $(hostname)" > /etc/hosts</userinput></screen>
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| 63 |
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| 64 | <para>To have full control over the way Perl is set up, run the
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| 65 | interactive <command>Configure</command> script and hand-pick the way
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| 66 | this package is built. If the defaults it auto-detects are suitable,
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| 67 | prepare Perl for compilation with:</para>
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| 68 |
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| 69 | <screen><userinput>./configure.gnu --prefix=/usr -Dpager="/usr/bin/less -isR"</userinput></screen>
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| 70 |
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| 71 | <variablelist>
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| 72 | <title>The meaning of the configure options:</title>
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| 73 |
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| 74 | <varlistentry>
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| 75 | <term><parameter>-Dpager="/usr/bin/less -isR"</parameter></term>
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| 76 | <listitem>
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| 77 | <para>This corrects an error in the way that <command>perldoc</command>
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| 78 | invokes the <command>less</command> program.</para>
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| 79 | </listitem>
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| 80 | </varlistentry>
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| 81 |
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| 82 | </variablelist>
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| 83 |
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| 84 | <para>Compile the package:</para>
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| 85 |
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| 86 | <screen><userinput>make</userinput></screen>
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| 87 |
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| 88 | <para>Now run the tests, if desired:</para>
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| 89 |
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| 90 | <screen><userinput>make test</userinput></screen>
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| 91 |
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| 92 | <para>Install the package:</para>
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| 93 |
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| 94 | <screen><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>
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| 95 |
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| 96 | </sect2>
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| 97 |
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| 98 | <sect2 id="contents-perl" role="content">
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| 99 | <title>Contents of Perl</title>
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| 100 |
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| 101 | <segmentedlist>
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| 102 | <segtitle>Installed programs</segtitle>
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| 103 | <segtitle>Installed libraries</segtitle>
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| 104 |
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| 105 | <seglistitem>
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| 106 | <seg>a2p, c2ph, dprofpp, enc2xs, find2perl, h2ph, h2xs, libnetcfg, perl,
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| 107 | perl&perl-version; (link to perl), perlbug, perlcc, perldoc, perlivp,
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| 108 | piconv, pl2pm, pod2html, pod2latex, pod2man, pod2text, pod2usage,
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| 109 | podchecker, podselect, psed (link to s2p), pstruct (link to c2ph), s2p,
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| 110 | splain, and xsubpp</seg>
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| 111 | <seg>Several hundred which cannot all be listed here</seg>
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| 112 | </seglistitem>
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| 113 | </segmentedlist>
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| 114 |
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| 115 | <variablelist>
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| 116 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
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| 117 | <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
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| 118 | <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
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| 119 |
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| 120 | <varlistentry id="a2p">
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| 121 | <term><command>a2p</command></term>
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| 122 | <listitem>
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| 123 | <para>Translates awk to Perl</para>
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| 124 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-perl a2p">
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| 125 | <primary sortas="b-a2p">a2p</primary>
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| 126 | </indexterm>
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| 127 | </listitem>
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| 128 | </varlistentry>
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| 129 |
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| 130 | <varlistentry id="c2ph">
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| 131 | <term><command>c2ph</command></term>
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| 132 | <listitem>
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| 133 | <para>Dumps C structures as generated from
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| 134 | <command>cc -g -S</command></para>
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| 135 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-perl c2ph">
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| 136 | <primary sortas="b-c2ph">c2ph</primary>
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| 137 | </indexterm>
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| 138 | </listitem>
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| 139 | </varlistentry>
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| 140 |
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| 141 | <varlistentry id="dprofpp">
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| 142 | <term><command>dprofpp</command></term>
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| 143 | <listitem>
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| 144 | <para>Displays Perl profile data</para>
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| 145 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-perl dprofpp">
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| 146 | <primary sortas="b-dprofpp">dprofpp</primary>
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| 147 | </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="en2cxs">
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| 152 | <term><command>en2cxs</command></term>
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| 153 | <listitem>
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| 154 | <para>Builds a Perl extension for the Encode module from either
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| 155 | Unicode Character Mappings or Tcl Encoding Files</para>
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| 156 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-perl en2cxs">
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| 157 | <primary sortas="b-en2cxs">en2cxs</primary>
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| 158 | </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="find2perl">
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| 163 | <term><command>find2perl</command></term>
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| 164 | <listitem>
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| 165 | <para>Translates <command>find</command> commands to Perl</para>
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| 166 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-perl find2perl">
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| 167 | <primary sortas="b-find2perl">find2perl</primary>
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| 168 | </indexterm>
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| 169 | </listitem>
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| 170 | </varlistentry>
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| 171 |
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| 172 | <varlistentry id="h2ph">
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| 173 | <term><command>h2ph</command></term>
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| 174 | <listitem>
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| 175 | <para>Converts <filename class="extension">.h</filename> C header
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| 176 | files to <filename class="extension">.ph</filename> Perl header
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| 177 | files</para>
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| 178 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-perl h2ph">
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| 179 | <primary sortas="b-h2ph">h2ph</primary>
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| 180 | </indexterm>
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| 181 | </listitem>
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| 182 | </varlistentry>
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| 183 |
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| 184 | <varlistentry id="h2xs">
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| 185 | <term><command>h2xs</command></term>
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| 186 | <listitem>
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| 187 | <para>Converts <filename class="extension">.h</filename> C header
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| 188 | files to Perl extensions</para>
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| 189 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-perl h2xs">
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| 190 | <primary sortas="b-h2xs">h2xs</primary>
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| 191 | </indexterm>
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| 192 | </listitem>
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| 193 | </varlistentry>
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| 194 |
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| 195 | <varlistentry id="libnetcfg">
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| 196 | <term><command>libnetcfg</command></term>
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| 197 | <listitem>
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| 198 | <para>Can be used to configure the
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| 199 | <filename class="libraryfile">libnet</filename></para>
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| 200 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-perl libnetcfg">
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| 201 | <primary sortas="b-libnetcfg">libnetcfg</primary>
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| 202 | </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="perl">
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| 207 | <term><command>perl</command></term>
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| 208 | <listitem>
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| 209 | <para>Combines some of the best features of C, <command>sed</command>,
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| 210 | <command>awk</command> and <command>sh</command> into a single
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| 211 | swiss-army language</para>
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| 212 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-perl perl">
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| 213 | <primary sortas="b-perl">perl</primary>
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| 214 | </indexterm>
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| 215 | </listitem>
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| 216 | </varlistentry>
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| 217 |
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| 218 | <varlistentry id="perl-version">
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| 219 | <term><command>perl&perl-version;</command></term>
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| 220 | <listitem>
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| 221 | <para>A hard link to <command>perl</command></para>
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| 222 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-perl perl-version">
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| 223 | <primary sortas="b-perl&perl-version;">perl&perl-version;</primary>
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| 224 | </indexterm>
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| 225 | </listitem>
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| 226 | </varlistentry>
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| 227 |
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| 228 | <varlistentry id="perlbug">
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| 229 | <term><command>perlbug</command></term>
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| 230 | <listitem>
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| 231 | <para>Used to generate bug reports about Perl, or the modules that come
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| 232 | with it, and mail them</para>
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| 233 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-perl perlbug">
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| 234 | <primary sortas="b-perlbug">perlbug</primary>
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| 235 | </indexterm>
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| 236 | </listitem>
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| 237 | </varlistentry>
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| 238 |
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| 239 | <varlistentry id="perlcc">
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| 240 | <term><command>perlcc</command></term>
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| 241 | <listitem>
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| 242 | <para>Generates executables from Perl programs</para>
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| 243 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-perl perlcc">
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| 244 | <primary sortas="b-perlcc">perlcc</primary>
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| 245 | </indexterm>
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| 246 | </listitem>
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| 247 | </varlistentry>
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| 248 |
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| 249 | <varlistentry id="perldoc">
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| 250 | <term><command>perldoc</command></term>
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| 251 | <listitem>
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| 252 | <para>Displays a piece of documentation in pod format that is embedded
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| 253 | in the Perl installation tree or in a Perl script</para>
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| 254 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-perl perldoc">
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| 255 | <primary sortas="b-perldoc">perldoc</primary>
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| 256 | </indexterm>
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| 257 | </listitem>
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| 258 | </varlistentry>
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| 259 |
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| 260 | <varlistentry id="perlivp">
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| 261 | <term><command>perlivp</command></term>
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| 262 | <listitem>
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| 263 | <para>The Perl Installation Verification Procedure; it can be used to
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| 264 | verify that Perl and its libraries have been installed
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| 265 | correctly</para>
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| 266 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-perl perlivp">
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| 267 | <primary sortas="b-perlivp">perlivp</primary>
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| 268 | </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="piconv">
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| 273 | <term><command>piconv</command></term>
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| 274 | <listitem>
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| 275 | <para>A Perl version of the character encoding converter
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| 276 | <command>iconv</command></para>
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| 277 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-perl piconv">
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| 278 | <primary sortas="b-piconv">piconv</primary>
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| 279 | </indexterm>
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| 280 | </listitem>
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| 281 | </varlistentry>
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| 282 |
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| 283 | <varlistentry id="pl2pm">
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| 284 | <term><command>pl2pm</command></term>
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| 285 | <listitem>
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| 286 | <para>A rough tool for converting Perl4
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| 287 | <filename class="extension">.pl</filename> files to Perl5
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| 288 | <filename class="extension">.pm</filename> modules</para>
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| 289 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-perl pl2pm">
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| 290 | <primary sortas="b-pl2pm">pl2pm</primary>
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| 291 | </indexterm>
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| 292 | </listitem>
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| 293 | </varlistentry>
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| 294 |
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| 295 | <varlistentry id="pod2html">
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| 296 | <term><command>pod2html</command></term>
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| 297 | <listitem>
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| 298 | <para>Converts files from pod format to HTML format</para>
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| 299 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-perl pod2html">
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| 300 | <primary sortas="b-pod2html">pod2html</primary>
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| 301 | </indexterm>
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| 302 | </listitem>
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| 303 | </varlistentry>
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| 304 |
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| 305 | <varlistentry id="pod2latex">
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| 306 | <term><command>pod2latex</command></term>
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| 307 | <listitem>
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| 308 | <para>Converts files from pod format to LaTeX format</para>
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| 309 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-perl pod2latex">
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| 310 | <primary sortas="b-pod2latex">pod2latex</primary>
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| 311 | </indexterm>
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| 312 | </listitem>
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| 313 | </varlistentry>
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| 314 |
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| 315 | <varlistentry id="pod2man">
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| 316 | <term><command>pod2man</command></term>
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| 317 | <listitem>
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| 318 | <para>Converts pod data to formatted *roff input</para>
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| 319 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-perl pod2man">
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| 320 | <primary sortas="b-pod2man">pod2man</primary>
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| 321 | </indexterm>
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| 322 | </listitem>
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| 323 | </varlistentry>
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| 324 |
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| 325 | <varlistentry id="pod2text">
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| 326 | <term><command>pod2text</command></term>
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| 327 | <listitem>
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| 328 | <para>Converts pod data to formatted ASCII text</para>
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| 329 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-perl pod2text">
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| 330 | <primary sortas="b-pod2text">pod2text</primary>
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| 331 | </indexterm>
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| 332 | </listitem>
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| 333 | </varlistentry>
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| 334 |
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| 335 | <varlistentry id="pod2usage">
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| 336 | <term><command>pod2usage</command></term>
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| 337 | <listitem>
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| 338 | <para>Prints usage messages from embedded pod docs in files</para>
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| 339 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-perl pod2usage">
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| 340 | <primary sortas="b-pod2usage">pod2usage</primary>
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| 341 | </indexterm>
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| 342 | </listitem>
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| 343 | </varlistentry>
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| 344 |
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| 345 | <varlistentry id="podchecker">
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| 346 | <term><command>podchecker</command></term>
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| 347 | <listitem>
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| 348 | <para>Checks the syntax of pod format documentation files</para>
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| 349 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-perl podchecker">
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| 350 | <primary sortas="b-podchecker">podchecker</primary>
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| 351 | </indexterm>
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| 352 | </listitem>
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| 353 | </varlistentry>
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| 354 |
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| 355 | <varlistentry id="podselect">
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| 356 | <term><command>podselect</command></term>
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| 357 | <listitem>
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| 358 | <para>Displays selected sections of pod documentation</para>
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| 359 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-perl podselect">
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| 360 | <primary sortas="b-podselect">podselect</primary>
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| 361 | </indexterm>
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| 362 | </listitem>
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| 363 | </varlistentry>
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| 364 |
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| 365 | <varlistentry id="psed">
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| 366 | <term><command>psed</command></term>
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| 367 | <listitem>
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| 368 | <para>A Perl version of the stream editor <command>sed</command></para>
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| 369 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-perl psed">
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| 370 | <primary sortas="b-psed">psed</primary>
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| 371 | </indexterm>
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| 372 | </listitem>
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| 373 | </varlistentry>
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| 374 |
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| 375 | <varlistentry id="pstruct">
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| 376 | <term><command>pstruct</command></term>
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| 377 | <listitem>
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| 378 | <para>Dumps C structures as generated from <command>cc -g -S</command>
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| 379 | stabs</para>
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| 380 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-perl pstruct">
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| 381 | <primary sortas="b-pstruct">pstruct</primary>
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| 382 | </indexterm>
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| 383 | </listitem>
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| 384 | </varlistentry>
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| 385 |
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| 386 | <varlistentry id="s2p">
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| 387 | <term><command>s2p</command></term>
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| 388 | <listitem>
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| 389 | <para>Translates <command>sed</command> scripts to Perl</para>
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| 390 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-perl s2p">
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| 391 | <primary sortas="b-s2p">s2p</primary>
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| 392 | </indexterm>
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| 393 | </listitem>
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| 394 | </varlistentry>
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| 395 |
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| 396 | <varlistentry id="splain">
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| 397 | <term><command>splain</command></term>
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| 398 | <listitem>
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| 399 | <para>Is used to force verbose warning diagnostics in Perl</para>
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| 400 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-perl splain">
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| 401 | <primary sortas="b-splain">splain</primary>
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| 402 | </indexterm>
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| 403 | </listitem>
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| 404 | </varlistentry>
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| 405 |
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| 406 | <varlistentry id="xsubpp">
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| 407 | <term><command>xsubpp</command></term>
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| 408 | <listitem>
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| 409 | <para>Converts Perl XS code into C code</para>
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| 410 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-perl xsubpp">
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| 411 | <primary sortas="b-xsubpp">xsubpp</primary>
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| 412 | </indexterm>
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| 413 | </listitem>
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| 414 | </varlistentry>
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| 415 |
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| 416 | </variablelist>
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| 417 |
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| 418 | </sect2>
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| 419 |
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| 420 | </sect1>
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