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2 | <!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN"
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3 | "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd" [
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4 | <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../general.ent">
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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 | <sect1info condition="script">
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12 | <productname>perl</productname>
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13 | <productnumber>&perl-version;</productnumber>
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14 | <address>&perl-url;</address>
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15 | </sect1info>
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16 |
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17 | <title>Perl-&perl-version;</title>
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18 |
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19 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-perl">
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20 | <primary sortas="a-Perl">Perl</primary>
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21 | </indexterm>
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22 |
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23 | <sect2 role="package">
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24 | <title/>
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25 |
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26 | <para>The Perl package contains the Practical Extraction and Report
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27 | Language.</para>
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28 |
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29 | <segmentedlist>
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30 | <segtitle>&buildtime;</segtitle>
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31 | <segtitle>&diskspace;</segtitle>
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32 |
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33 | <seglistitem>
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34 | <seg>&perl-ch6-sbu;</seg>
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35 | <seg>&perl-ch6-du;</seg>
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36 | </seglistitem>
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37 | </segmentedlist>
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38 |
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39 | </sect2>
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40 |
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41 | <sect2 role="installation">
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42 | <title>Installation of Perl</title>
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43 |
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44 | <para>First create a basic <filename>/etc/hosts</filename> file to be
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45 | referenced in one of Perl's configuration files as well as the optional
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46 | testsuite:</para>
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47 |
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48 | <screen><userinput remap="pre">echo "127.0.0.1 localhost $(hostname)" > /etc/hosts</userinput></screen>
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49 |
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50 | <para>The following patch fixes known vulnerabilities:</para>
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51 |
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52 | <screen><userinput remap="pre">patch -Np1 -i ../&perl-security-patch;</userinput></screen>
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53 |
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54 | <para>Fix an incompatibility with gcc-&gcc-version;:</para>
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55 |
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56 | <screen><userinput remap="pre">sed -i 's/command /command[ -]/' makedepend.SH</userinput></screen>
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57 |
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58 | <para>To have full control over the way Perl is set up, you can run the
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59 | interactive <command>Configure</command> script and hand-pick the way this
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60 | package is built. If you prefer, you can use the defaults that Perl
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61 | auto-detects, by preparing Perl for compilation with:</para>
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62 |
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63 | <screen><userinput remap="configure">./configure.gnu --prefix=/usr \
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64 | -Dman1dir=/usr/share/man/man1 \
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65 | -Dman3dir=/usr/share/man/man3 \
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66 | -Dpager="/usr/bin/less -isR"</userinput></screen>
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67 |
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68 | <variablelist>
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69 | <title>The meaning of the configure options:</title>
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70 |
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71 | <varlistentry>
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72 | <term><parameter>-Dpager="/usr/bin/less -isR"</parameter></term>
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73 | <listitem>
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74 | <para>This corrects an error in the way that <command>perldoc</command>
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75 | invokes the <command>less</command> program.</para>
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76 | </listitem>
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77 | </varlistentry>
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78 |
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79 | <varlistentry>
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80 | <term><parameter>-Dman1dir=/usr/share/man/man1
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81 | -Dman3dir=/usr/share/man/man3</parameter></term>
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82 | <listitem>
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83 | <para>Since Groff is not installed yet, <command>Configure</command>
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84 | thinks that we do not want man pages for Perl. Issuing these
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85 | parameters overrides this decision.</para>
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86 | </listitem>
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87 | </varlistentry>
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88 |
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89 | </variablelist>
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90 |
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91 | <para>Compile the package:</para>
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92 |
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93 | <screen><userinput remap="make">make</userinput></screen>
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94 |
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95 | <para>To test the results, issue:</para>
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96 |
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97 | <screen><userinput remap="test">make test</userinput></screen>
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98 |
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99 | <para>Install the package:</para>
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100 |
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101 | <screen><userinput remap="install">make install</userinput></screen>
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102 |
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103 | </sect2>
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104 |
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105 | <sect2 id="contents-perl" role="content">
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106 | <title>Contents of Perl</title>
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107 |
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108 | <segmentedlist>
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109 | <segtitle>Installed programs</segtitle>
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110 | <segtitle>Installed libraries</segtitle>
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111 |
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112 | <seglistitem>
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113 | <seg>a2p, c2ph, cpan, dprofpp, enc2xs, find2perl, h2ph, h2xs,
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114 | instmodsh, libnetcfg, perl, perl&perl-version; (link to perl),
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115 | perlbug, perlcc, perldoc, perlivp, piconv, pl2pm, pod2html, pod2latex,
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116 | pod2man, pod2text, pod2usage, podchecker, podselect, prove,
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117 | psed (link to s2p), pstruct (link to c2ph), s2p, splain, and
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118 | xsubpp</seg>
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119 | <seg>Several hundred which cannot all be listed here</seg>
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120 | </seglistitem>
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121 | </segmentedlist>
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122 |
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123 | <variablelist>
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124 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
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125 | <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
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126 | <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
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127 |
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128 | <varlistentry id="a2p">
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129 | <term><command>a2p</command></term>
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130 | <listitem>
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131 | <para>Translates awk to Perl</para>
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132 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-perl a2p">
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133 | <primary sortas="b-a2p">a2p</primary>
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134 | </indexterm>
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135 | </listitem>
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136 | </varlistentry>
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137 |
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138 | <varlistentry id="c2ph">
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139 | <term><command>c2ph</command></term>
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140 | <listitem>
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141 | <para>Dumps C structures as generated from
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142 | <command>cc -g -S</command></para>
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143 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-perl c2ph">
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144 | <primary sortas="b-c2ph">c2ph</primary>
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145 | </indexterm>
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146 | </listitem>
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147 | </varlistentry>
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148 |
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149 | <varlistentry id="cpan">
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150 | <term><command>cpan</command></term>
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151 | <listitem>
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152 | <para>Interact with the Comprehensive Perl Archive Network (CPAN)
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153 | from the command line</para>
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154 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-perl cpan">
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155 | <primary sortas="b-cpan">cpan</primary>
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156 | </indexterm>
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157 | </listitem>
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158 | </varlistentry>
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159 |
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160 | <varlistentry id="dprofpp">
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161 | <term><command>dprofpp</command></term>
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162 | <listitem>
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163 | <para>Displays Perl profile data</para>
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164 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-perl dprofpp">
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165 | <primary sortas="b-dprofpp">dprofpp</primary>
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166 | </indexterm>
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167 | </listitem>
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168 | </varlistentry>
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169 |
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170 | <varlistentry id="enc2xs">
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171 | <term><command>enc2xs</command></term>
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172 | <listitem>
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173 | <para>Builds a Perl extension for the Encode module from either
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174 | Unicode Character Mappings or Tcl Encoding Files</para>
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175 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-perl enc2xs">
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176 | <primary sortas="b-enc2xs">enc2xs</primary>
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177 | </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="find2perl">
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182 | <term><command>find2perl</command></term>
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183 | <listitem>
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184 | <para>Translates <command>find</command> commands to Perl</para>
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185 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-perl find2perl">
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186 | <primary sortas="b-find2perl">find2perl</primary>
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187 | </indexterm>
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188 | </listitem>
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189 | </varlistentry>
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190 |
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191 | <varlistentry id="h2ph">
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192 | <term><command>h2ph</command></term>
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193 | <listitem>
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194 | <para>Converts <filename class="extension">.h</filename> C header
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195 | files to <filename class="extension">.ph</filename> Perl header
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196 | files</para>
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197 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-perl h2ph">
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198 | <primary sortas="b-h2ph">h2ph</primary>
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199 | </indexterm>
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200 | </listitem>
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201 | </varlistentry>
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202 |
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203 | <varlistentry id="h2xs">
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204 | <term><command>h2xs</command></term>
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205 | <listitem>
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206 | <para>Converts <filename class="extension">.h</filename> C header
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207 | files to Perl extensions</para>
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208 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-perl h2xs">
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209 | <primary sortas="b-h2xs">h2xs</primary>
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210 | </indexterm>
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211 | </listitem>
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212 | </varlistentry>
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213 |
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214 | <varlistentry id="instmodsh">
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215 | <term><command>instmodsh</command></term>
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216 | <listitem>
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217 | <para>Shell script for examining installed Perl modules,
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218 | and can even create a tarball from an installed module</para>
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219 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-perl instmodsh">
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220 | <primary sortas="b-instmodsh">instmodsh</primary>
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221 | </indexterm>
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222 | </listitem>
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223 | </varlistentry>
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224 |
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225 | <varlistentry id="libnetcfg">
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226 | <term><command>libnetcfg</command></term>
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227 | <listitem>
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228 | <para>Can be used to configure the
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229 | <filename class="libraryfile">libnet</filename></para>
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230 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-perl libnetcfg">
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231 | <primary sortas="b-libnetcfg">libnetcfg</primary>
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232 | </indexterm>
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233 | </listitem>
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234 | </varlistentry>
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235 |
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236 | <varlistentry id="perl">
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237 | <term><command>perl</command></term>
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238 | <listitem>
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239 | <para>Combines some of the best features of C, <command>sed</command>,
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240 | <command>awk</command> and <command>sh</command> into a single
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241 | swiss-army language</para>
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242 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-perl perl">
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243 | <primary sortas="b-perl">perl</primary>
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244 | </indexterm>
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245 | </listitem>
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246 | </varlistentry>
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247 |
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248 | <varlistentry id="perl-version">
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249 | <term><command>perl&perl-version;</command></term>
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250 | <listitem>
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251 | <para>A hard link to <command>perl</command></para>
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252 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-perl perl-version">
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253 | <primary sortas="b-perl&perl-version;">perl&perl-version;</primary>
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254 | </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="perlbug">
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259 | <term><command>perlbug</command></term>
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260 | <listitem>
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261 | <para>Used to generate bug reports about Perl, or the modules that come
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262 | with it, and mail them</para>
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263 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-perl perlbug">
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264 | <primary sortas="b-perlbug">perlbug</primary>
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265 | </indexterm>
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266 | </listitem>
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267 | </varlistentry>
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268 |
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269 | <varlistentry id="perlcc">
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270 | <term><command>perlcc</command></term>
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271 | <listitem>
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272 | <para>Generates executables from Perl programs</para>
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273 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-perl perlcc">
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274 | <primary sortas="b-perlcc">perlcc</primary>
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275 | </indexterm>
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276 | </listitem>
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277 | </varlistentry>
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278 |
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279 | <varlistentry id="perldoc">
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280 | <term><command>perldoc</command></term>
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281 | <listitem>
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282 | <para>Displays a piece of documentation in pod format that is embedded
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283 | in the Perl installation tree or in a Perl script</para>
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284 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-perl perldoc">
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285 | <primary sortas="b-perldoc">perldoc</primary>
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286 | </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="perlivp">
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291 | <term><command>perlivp</command></term>
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292 | <listitem>
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293 | <para>The Perl Installation Verification Procedure; it can be used to
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294 | verify that Perl and its libraries have been installed
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295 | correctly</para>
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296 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-perl perlivp">
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297 | <primary sortas="b-perlivp">perlivp</primary>
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298 | </indexterm>
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299 | </listitem>
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300 | </varlistentry>
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301 |
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302 | <varlistentry id="piconv">
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303 | <term><command>piconv</command></term>
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304 | <listitem>
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305 | <para>A Perl version of the character encoding converter
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306 | <command>iconv</command></para>
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307 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-perl piconv">
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308 | <primary sortas="b-piconv">piconv</primary>
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309 | </indexterm>
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310 | </listitem>
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311 | </varlistentry>
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312 |
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313 | <varlistentry id="pl2pm">
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314 | <term><command>pl2pm</command></term>
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315 | <listitem>
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316 | <para>A rough tool for converting Perl4
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317 | <filename class="extension">.pl</filename> files to Perl5
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318 | <filename class="extension">.pm</filename> modules</para>
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319 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-perl pl2pm">
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320 | <primary sortas="b-pl2pm">pl2pm</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="pod2html">
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326 | <term><command>pod2html</command></term>
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327 | <listitem>
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328 | <para>Converts files from pod format to HTML format</para>
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329 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-perl pod2html">
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330 | <primary sortas="b-pod2html">pod2html</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="pod2latex">
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336 | <term><command>pod2latex</command></term>
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337 | <listitem>
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338 | <para>Converts files from pod format to LaTeX format</para>
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339 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-perl pod2latex">
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340 | <primary sortas="b-pod2latex">pod2latex</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="pod2man">
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346 | <term><command>pod2man</command></term>
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347 | <listitem>
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348 | <para>Converts pod data to formatted *roff input</para>
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349 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-perl pod2man">
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350 | <primary sortas="b-pod2man">pod2man</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="pod2text">
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356 | <term><command>pod2text</command></term>
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357 | <listitem>
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358 | <para>Converts pod data to formatted ASCII text</para>
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359 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-perl pod2text">
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360 | <primary sortas="b-pod2text">pod2text</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="pod2usage">
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366 | <term><command>pod2usage</command></term>
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367 | <listitem>
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368 | <para>Prints usage messages from embedded pod docs in files</para>
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369 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-perl pod2usage">
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370 | <primary sortas="b-pod2usage">pod2usage</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="podchecker">
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376 | <term><command>podchecker</command></term>
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377 | <listitem>
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378 | <para>Checks the syntax of pod format documentation files</para>
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379 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-perl podchecker">
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380 | <primary sortas="b-podchecker">podchecker</primary>
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381 | </indexterm>
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382 | </listitem>
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383 | </varlistentry>
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384 |
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385 | <varlistentry id="podselect">
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386 | <term><command>podselect</command></term>
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387 | <listitem>
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388 | <para>Displays selected sections of pod documentation</para>
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389 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-perl podselect">
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390 | <primary sortas="b-podselect">podselect</primary>
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391 | </indexterm>
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392 | </listitem>
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393 | </varlistentry>
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394 |
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395 | <varlistentry id="prove">
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396 | <term><command>prove</command></term>
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397 | <listitem>
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398 | <para>Command line tool for running tests against the Test::Harness
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399 | module.</para>
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400 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-perl prove">
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401 | <primary sortas="b-prove">prove</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="psed">
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407 | <term><command>psed</command></term>
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408 | <listitem>
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409 | <para>A Perl version of the stream editor <command>sed</command></para>
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410 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-perl psed">
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411 | <primary sortas="b-psed">psed</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 | <varlistentry id="pstruct">
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417 | <term><command>pstruct</command></term>
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418 | <listitem>
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419 | <para>Dumps C structures as generated from <command>cc -g -S</command>
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420 | stabs</para>
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421 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-perl pstruct">
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422 | <primary sortas="b-pstruct">pstruct</primary>
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423 | </indexterm>
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424 | </listitem>
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425 | </varlistentry>
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426 |
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427 | <varlistentry id="s2p">
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428 | <term><command>s2p</command></term>
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429 | <listitem>
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430 | <para>Translates <command>sed</command> scripts to Perl</para>
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431 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-perl s2p">
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432 | <primary sortas="b-s2p">s2p</primary>
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433 | </indexterm>
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434 | </listitem>
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435 | </varlistentry>
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436 |
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437 | <varlistentry id="splain">
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438 | <term><command>splain</command></term>
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439 | <listitem>
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440 | <para>Is used to force verbose warning diagnostics in Perl</para>
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441 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-perl splain">
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442 | <primary sortas="b-splain">splain</primary>
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443 | </indexterm>
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444 | </listitem>
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445 | </varlistentry>
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446 |
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447 | <varlistentry id="xsubpp">
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448 | <term><command>xsubpp</command></term>
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449 | <listitem>
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450 | <para>Converts Perl XS code into C code</para>
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451 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-perl xsubpp">
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452 | <primary sortas="b-xsubpp">xsubpp</primary>
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453 | </indexterm>
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454 | </listitem>
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455 | </varlistentry>
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456 |
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457 | </variablelist>
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458 |
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459 | </sect2>
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460 |
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461 | </sect1>
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