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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>This version of Perl now builds the Compress::Raw::Zlib module. By
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| 51 | default Perl will use an internal copy of the Zlib source for the build.
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| 52 | Issue the following command so that Perl will use the Zlib library
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| 53 | installed on the system:</para>
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| 54 |
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| 55 | <screen><userinput remap="pre">sed -i -e "s|BUILD_ZLIB\s*= True|BUILD_ZLIB = False|" \
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| 56 | -e "s|INCLUDE\s*= ./zlib-src|INCLUDE = /usr/include|" \
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| 57 | -e "s|LIB\s*= ./zlib-src|LIB = /usr/lib|" \
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| 58 | cpan/Compress-Raw-Zlib/config.in</userinput></screen>
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| 59 |
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| 60 | <para>To have full control over the way Perl is set up, you can remove the
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| 61 | <quote>-des</quote> options from the following command and hand-pick the way
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| 62 | this package is built. Alteratively, use the command exactly as below to
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| 63 | use the defaults that Perl auto-detects:</para>
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| 64 |
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| 65 | <screen><userinput remap="configure">sh Configure -des -Dprefix=/usr \
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| 66 | -Dvendorprefix=/usr \
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| 67 | -Dman1dir=/usr/share/man/man1 \
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| 68 | -Dman3dir=/usr/share/man/man3 \
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| 69 | -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>-Dvendorprefix=/usr</parameter></term>
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| 76 | <listitem>
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| 77 | <para>This ensures <command>perl</command> knows how to
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| 78 | tell packages where they should install their perl modules.</para>
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| 79 | </listitem>
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| 80 | </varlistentry>
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| 81 |
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| 82 | <varlistentry>
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| 83 | <term><parameter>-Dpager="/usr/bin/less -isR"</parameter></term>
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| 84 | <listitem>
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| 85 | <para>This corrects an error in the way that <command>perldoc</command>
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| 86 | invokes the <command>less</command> program.</para>
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| 87 | </listitem>
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| 88 | </varlistentry>
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| 89 |
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| 90 | <varlistentry>
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| 91 | <term><parameter>-Dman1dir=/usr/share/man/man1
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| 92 | -Dman3dir=/usr/share/man/man3</parameter></term>
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| 93 | <listitem>
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| 94 | <para>Since Groff is not installed yet, <command>Configure</command>
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| 95 | thinks that we do not want man pages for Perl. Issuing these
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| 96 | parameters overrides this decision.</para>
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| 97 | </listitem>
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| 98 | </varlistentry>
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| 99 |
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| 100 | </variablelist>
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| 101 |
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| 102 | <para>Compile the package:</para>
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| 103 |
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| 104 | <screen><userinput remap="make">make</userinput></screen>
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| 105 |
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| 106 | <para>To test the results (approximately 2.5 SBU), issue:</para>
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| 107 |
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| 108 | <screen><userinput remap="test">make test</userinput></screen>
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| 109 |
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| 110 | <para>Install the package:</para>
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| 111 |
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| 112 | <screen><userinput remap="install">make install</userinput></screen>
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| 113 |
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| 114 | </sect2>
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| 115 |
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| 116 | <sect2 id="contents-perl" role="content">
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| 117 | <title>Contents of Perl</title>
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| 118 |
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| 119 | <segmentedlist>
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| 120 | <segtitle>Installed programs</segtitle>
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| 121 | <segtitle>Installed libraries</segtitle>
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| 122 | <segtitle>Installed directory</segtitle>
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| 123 |
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| 124 | <seglistitem>
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| 125 | <seg>a2p, c2ph, config_data, corelist, cpan, cpan2dist, cpanp,
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| 126 | cpanp-run-perl, dprofpp, enc2xs, find2perl, h2ph, h2xs,
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| 127 | instmodsh, libnetcfg, perl, perl&perl-version; (link to perl),
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| 128 | perlbug, perldoc, perlivp, perlthanks (link to perlbug), piconv, pl2pm,
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| 129 | pod2html, pod2latex, pod2man, pod2text, pod2usage, podchecker,
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| 130 | podselect, prove, psed (link to s2p), pstruct (link to c2ph), ptar,
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| 131 | ptardiff, s2p, shasum, splain, and xsubpp</seg>
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| 132 | <seg>Several hundred which cannot all be listed here</seg>
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| 133 | <seg>/usr/lib/perl5</seg>
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| 134 | </seglistitem>
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| 135 | </segmentedlist>
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| 136 |
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| 137 | <variablelist>
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| 138 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
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| 139 | <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
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| 140 | <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
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| 141 |
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| 142 | <varlistentry id="a2p">
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| 143 | <term><command>a2p</command></term>
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| 144 | <listitem>
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| 145 | <para>Translates awk to Perl</para>
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| 146 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-perl a2p">
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| 147 | <primary sortas="b-a2p">a2p</primary>
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| 148 | </indexterm>
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| 149 | </listitem>
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| 150 | </varlistentry>
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| 151 |
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| 152 | <varlistentry id="c2ph">
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| 153 | <term><command>c2ph</command></term>
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| 154 | <listitem>
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| 155 | <para>Dumps C structures as generated from
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| 156 | <command>cc -g -S</command></para>
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| 157 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-perl c2ph">
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| 158 | <primary sortas="b-c2ph">c2ph</primary>
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| 159 | </indexterm>
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| 160 | </listitem>
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| 161 | </varlistentry>
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| 162 |
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| 163 | <varlistentry id="config_data">
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| 164 | <term><command>config_data</command></term>
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| 165 | <listitem>
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| 166 | <para>Queries or changes configuration of Perl modules</para>
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| 167 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-perl config_data">
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| 168 | <primary sortas="b-config_data">config_data</primary>
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| 169 | </indexterm>
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| 170 | </listitem>
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| 171 | </varlistentry>
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| 172 |
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| 173 | <varlistentry id="corelist">
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| 174 | <term><command>corelist</command></term>
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| 175 | <listitem>
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| 176 | <para>A commandline frontend to Module::CoreList</para>
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| 177 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-perl corelist">
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| 178 | <primary sortas="b-corelist">corelist</primary>
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| 179 | </indexterm>
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| 180 | </listitem>
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| 181 | </varlistentry>
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| 182 |
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| 183 | <varlistentry id="cpan">
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| 184 | <term><command>cpan</command></term>
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| 185 | <listitem>
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| 186 | <para>Interact with the Comprehensive Perl Archive Network (CPAN)
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| 187 | from the command line</para>
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| 188 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-perl cpan">
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| 189 | <primary sortas="b-cpan">cpan</primary>
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| 190 | </indexterm>
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| 191 | </listitem>
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| 192 | </varlistentry>
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| 193 |
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| 194 | <varlistentry id="cpan2dist">
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| 195 | <term><command>cpan2dist</command></term>
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| 196 | <listitem>
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| 197 | <para>The CPANPLUS distribution creator</para>
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| 198 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-perl cpan2dist">
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| 199 | <primary sortas="b-cpan2dist">cpan2dist</primary>
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| 200 | </indexterm>
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| 201 | </listitem>
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| 202 | </varlistentry>
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| 203 |
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| 204 | <varlistentry id="cpanp">
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| 205 | <term><command>cpanp</command></term>
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| 206 | <listitem>
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| 207 | <para>The CPANPLUS launcher</para>
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| 208 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-perl cpanp">
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| 209 | <primary sortas="b-cpanp">cpanp</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="cpanp-run-perl">
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| 215 | <term><command>cpanp-run-perl</command></term>
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| 216 | <listitem>
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| 217 | <para>Perl script that is used to enable flushing of the output
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| 218 | buffer after each write in spawned processes</para>
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| 219 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-perl cpanp-run-perl">
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| 220 | <primary sortas="b-cpanp-run-perl">cpanp-run-perl</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="dprofpp">
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| 226 | <term><command>dprofpp</command></term>
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| 227 | <listitem>
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| 228 | <para>Displays Perl profile data</para>
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| 229 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-perl dprofpp">
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| 230 | <primary sortas="b-dprofpp">dprofpp</primary>
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| 231 | </indexterm>
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| 232 | </listitem>
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| 233 | </varlistentry>
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| 234 |
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| 235 | <varlistentry id="enc2xs">
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| 236 | <term><command>enc2xs</command></term>
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| 237 | <listitem>
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| 238 | <para>Builds a Perl extension for the Encode module from either
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| 239 | Unicode Character Mappings or Tcl Encoding Files</para>
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| 240 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-perl enc2xs">
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| 241 | <primary sortas="b-enc2xs">enc2xs</primary>
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| 242 | </indexterm>
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| 243 | </listitem>
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| 244 | </varlistentry>
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| 245 |
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| 246 | <varlistentry id="find2perl">
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| 247 | <term><command>find2perl</command></term>
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| 248 | <listitem>
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| 249 | <para>Translates <command>find</command> commands to Perl</para>
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| 250 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-perl find2perl">
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| 251 | <primary sortas="b-find2perl">find2perl</primary>
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| 252 | </indexterm>
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| 253 | </listitem>
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| 254 | </varlistentry>
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| 255 |
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| 256 | <varlistentry id="h2ph">
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| 257 | <term><command>h2ph</command></term>
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| 258 | <listitem>
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| 259 | <para>Converts <filename class="extension">.h</filename> C header
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| 260 | files to <filename class="extension">.ph</filename> Perl header
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| 261 | files</para>
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| 262 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-perl h2ph">
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| 263 | <primary sortas="b-h2ph">h2ph</primary>
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| 264 | </indexterm>
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| 265 | </listitem>
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| 266 | </varlistentry>
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| 267 |
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| 268 | <varlistentry id="h2xs">
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| 269 | <term><command>h2xs</command></term>
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| 270 | <listitem>
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| 271 | <para>Converts <filename class="extension">.h</filename> C header
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| 272 | files to Perl extensions</para>
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| 273 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-perl h2xs">
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| 274 | <primary sortas="b-h2xs">h2xs</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="instmodsh">
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| 280 | <term><command>instmodsh</command></term>
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| 281 | <listitem>
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| 282 | <para>Shell script for examining installed Perl modules,
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| 283 | and can even create a tarball from an installed module</para>
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| 284 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-perl instmodsh">
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| 285 | <primary sortas="b-instmodsh">instmodsh</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="libnetcfg">
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| 291 | <term><command>libnetcfg</command></term>
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| 292 | <listitem>
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| 293 | <para>Can be used to configure the
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| 294 | <filename class="libraryfile">libnet</filename></para>
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| 295 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-perl libnetcfg">
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| 296 | <primary sortas="b-libnetcfg">libnetcfg</primary>
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| 297 | </indexterm>
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| 298 | </listitem>
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| 299 | </varlistentry>
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| 300 |
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| 301 | <varlistentry id="perl">
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| 302 | <term><command>perl</command></term>
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| 303 | <listitem>
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| 304 | <para>Combines some of the best features of C, <command>sed</command>,
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| 305 | <command>awk</command> and <command>sh</command> into a single
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| 306 | swiss-army language</para>
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| 307 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-perl perl">
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| 308 | <primary sortas="b-perl">perl</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="perl-version">
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| 314 | <term><command>perl&perl-version;</command></term>
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| 315 | <listitem>
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| 316 | <para>A hard link to <command>perl</command></para>
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| 317 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-perl perl-version">
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| 318 | <primary sortas="b-perl&perl-version;">perl&perl-version;</primary>
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| 319 | </indexterm>
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| 320 | </listitem>
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| 321 | </varlistentry>
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| 322 |
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| 323 | <varlistentry id="perlbug">
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| 324 | <term><command>perlbug</command></term>
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| 325 | <listitem>
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| 326 | <para>Used to generate bug reports about Perl, or the modules that come
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| 327 | with it, and mail them</para>
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| 328 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-perl perlbug">
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| 329 | <primary sortas="b-perlbug">perlbug</primary>
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| 330 | </indexterm>
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| 331 | </listitem>
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| 332 | </varlistentry>
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| 333 |
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| 334 | <varlistentry id="perldoc">
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| 335 | <term><command>perldoc</command></term>
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| 336 | <listitem>
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| 337 | <para>Displays a piece of documentation in pod format that is embedded
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| 338 | in the Perl installation tree or in a Perl script</para>
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| 339 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-perl perldoc">
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| 340 | <primary sortas="b-perldoc">perldoc</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="perlivp">
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| 346 | <term><command>perlivp</command></term>
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| 347 | <listitem>
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| 348 | <para>The Perl Installation Verification Procedure; it can be used to
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| 349 | verify that Perl and its libraries have been installed
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| 350 | correctly</para>
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| 351 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-perl perlivp">
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| 352 | <primary sortas="b-perlivp">perlivp</primary>
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| 353 | </indexterm>
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| 354 | </listitem>
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| 355 | </varlistentry>
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| 356 |
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| 357 | <varlistentry id="perlthanks">
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| 358 | <term><command>perlthanks</command></term>
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| 359 | <listitem>
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| 360 | <para>Used to generate thank you messages to mail to the Perl
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| 361 | developers</para>
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| 362 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-perl perlthanks">
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| 363 | <primary sortas="b-perlthanks">perlthanks</primary>
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| 364 | </indexterm>
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| 365 | </listitem>
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| 366 | </varlistentry>
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| 367 |
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| 368 | <varlistentry id="piconv">
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| 369 | <term><command>piconv</command></term>
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| 370 | <listitem>
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| 371 | <para>A Perl version of the character encoding converter
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| 372 | <command>iconv</command></para>
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| 373 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-perl piconv">
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| 374 | <primary sortas="b-piconv">piconv</primary>
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| 375 | </indexterm>
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| 376 | </listitem>
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| 377 | </varlistentry>
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| 378 |
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| 379 | <varlistentry id="pl2pm">
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| 380 | <term><command>pl2pm</command></term>
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| 381 | <listitem>
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| 382 | <para>A rough tool for converting Perl4
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| 383 | <filename class="extension">.pl</filename> files to Perl5
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| 384 | <filename class="extension">.pm</filename> modules</para>
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| 385 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-perl pl2pm">
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| 386 | <primary sortas="b-pl2pm">pl2pm</primary>
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| 387 | </indexterm>
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| 388 | </listitem>
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| 389 | </varlistentry>
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| 390 |
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| 391 | <varlistentry id="pod2html">
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| 392 | <term><command>pod2html</command></term>
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| 393 | <listitem>
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| 394 | <para>Converts files from pod format to HTML format</para>
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| 395 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-perl pod2html">
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| 396 | <primary sortas="b-pod2html">pod2html</primary>
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| 397 | </indexterm>
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| 398 | </listitem>
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| 399 | </varlistentry>
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| 400 |
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| 401 | <varlistentry id="pod2latex">
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| 402 | <term><command>pod2latex</command></term>
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| 403 | <listitem>
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| 404 | <para>Converts files from pod format to LaTeX format</para>
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| 405 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-perl pod2latex">
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| 406 | <primary sortas="b-pod2latex">pod2latex</primary>
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| 407 | </indexterm>
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| 408 | </listitem>
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| 409 | </varlistentry>
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| 410 |
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| 411 | <varlistentry id="pod2man">
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| 412 | <term><command>pod2man</command></term>
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| 413 | <listitem>
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| 414 | <para>Converts pod data to formatted *roff input</para>
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| 415 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-perl pod2man">
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| 416 | <primary sortas="b-pod2man">pod2man</primary>
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| 417 | </indexterm>
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| 418 | </listitem>
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| 419 | </varlistentry>
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| 420 |
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| 421 | <varlistentry id="pod2text">
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| 422 | <term><command>pod2text</command></term>
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| 423 | <listitem>
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| 424 | <para>Converts pod data to formatted ASCII text</para>
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| 425 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-perl pod2text">
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| 426 | <primary sortas="b-pod2text">pod2text</primary>
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| 427 | </indexterm>
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| 428 | </listitem>
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| 429 | </varlistentry>
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| 430 |
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| 431 | <varlistentry id="pod2usage">
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| 432 | <term><command>pod2usage</command></term>
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| 433 | <listitem>
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| 434 | <para>Prints usage messages from embedded pod docs in files</para>
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| 435 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-perl pod2usage">
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| 436 | <primary sortas="b-pod2usage">pod2usage</primary>
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| 437 | </indexterm>
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| 438 | </listitem>
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| 439 | </varlistentry>
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| 440 |
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| 441 | <varlistentry id="podchecker">
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| 442 | <term><command>podchecker</command></term>
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| 443 | <listitem>
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| 444 | <para>Checks the syntax of pod format documentation files</para>
|
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| 445 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-perl podchecker">
|
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| 446 | <primary sortas="b-podchecker">podchecker</primary>
|
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| 447 | </indexterm>
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| 448 | </listitem>
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| 449 | </varlistentry>
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| 450 |
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| 451 | <varlistentry id="podselect">
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| 452 | <term><command>podselect</command></term>
|
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| 453 | <listitem>
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| 454 | <para>Displays selected sections of pod documentation</para>
|
|---|
| 455 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-perl podselect">
|
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| 456 | <primary sortas="b-podselect">podselect</primary>
|
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| 457 | </indexterm>
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| 458 | </listitem>
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| 459 | </varlistentry>
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| 460 |
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| 461 | <varlistentry id="prove">
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| 462 | <term><command>prove</command></term>
|
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| 463 | <listitem>
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| 464 | <para>Command line tool for running tests against the Test::Harness
|
|---|
| 465 | module.</para>
|
|---|
| 466 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-perl prove">
|
|---|
| 467 | <primary sortas="b-prove">prove</primary>
|
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| 468 | </indexterm>
|
|---|
| 469 | </listitem>
|
|---|
| 470 | </varlistentry>
|
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| 471 |
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| 472 | <varlistentry id="psed">
|
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| 473 | <term><command>psed</command></term>
|
|---|
| 474 | <listitem>
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|---|
| 475 | <para>A Perl version of the stream editor <command>sed</command></para>
|
|---|
| 476 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-perl psed">
|
|---|
| 477 | <primary sortas="b-psed">psed</primary>
|
|---|
| 478 | </indexterm>
|
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| 479 | </listitem>
|
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| 480 | </varlistentry>
|
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| 481 |
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| 482 | <varlistentry id="pstruct">
|
|---|
| 483 | <term><command>pstruct</command></term>
|
|---|
| 484 | <listitem>
|
|---|
| 485 | <para>Dumps C structures as generated from <command>cc -g -S</command>
|
|---|
| 486 | stabs</para>
|
|---|
| 487 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-perl pstruct">
|
|---|
| 488 | <primary sortas="b-pstruct">pstruct</primary>
|
|---|
| 489 | </indexterm>
|
|---|
| 490 | </listitem>
|
|---|
| 491 | </varlistentry>
|
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| 492 |
|
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| 493 | <varlistentry id="ptar">
|
|---|
| 494 | <term><command>ptar</command></term>
|
|---|
| 495 | <listitem>
|
|---|
| 496 | <para>A <command>tar</command>-like program written in Perl</para>
|
|---|
| 497 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-perl ptar">
|
|---|
| 498 | <primary sortas="b-ptar">ptar</primary>
|
|---|
| 499 | </indexterm>
|
|---|
| 500 | </listitem>
|
|---|
| 501 | </varlistentry>
|
|---|
| 502 |
|
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| 503 | <varlistentry id="ptardiff">
|
|---|
| 504 | <term><command>ptardiff</command></term>
|
|---|
| 505 | <listitem>
|
|---|
| 506 | <para>A Perl program that compares an extracted archive with an
|
|---|
| 507 | unextracted one</para>
|
|---|
| 508 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-perl ptardiff">
|
|---|
| 509 | <primary sortas="b-ptardiff">ptardiff</primary>
|
|---|
| 510 | </indexterm>
|
|---|
| 511 | </listitem>
|
|---|
| 512 | </varlistentry>
|
|---|
| 513 |
|
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| 514 | <varlistentry id="s2p">
|
|---|
| 515 | <term><command>s2p</command></term>
|
|---|
| 516 | <listitem>
|
|---|
| 517 | <para>Translates <command>sed</command> scripts to Perl</para>
|
|---|
| 518 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-perl s2p">
|
|---|
| 519 | <primary sortas="b-s2p">s2p</primary>
|
|---|
| 520 | </indexterm>
|
|---|
| 521 | </listitem>
|
|---|
| 522 | </varlistentry>
|
|---|
| 523 |
|
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| 524 | <varlistentry id="shasum">
|
|---|
| 525 | <term><command>shasum</command></term>
|
|---|
| 526 | <listitem>
|
|---|
| 527 | <para>Prints or checks SHA checksums</para>
|
|---|
| 528 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-perl shasum">
|
|---|
| 529 | <primary sortas="b-shasum">shasum</primary>
|
|---|
| 530 | </indexterm>
|
|---|
| 531 | </listitem>
|
|---|
| 532 | </varlistentry>
|
|---|
| 533 |
|
|---|
| 534 | <varlistentry id="splain">
|
|---|
| 535 | <term><command>splain</command></term>
|
|---|
| 536 | <listitem>
|
|---|
| 537 | <para>Is used to force verbose warning diagnostics in Perl</para>
|
|---|
| 538 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-perl splain">
|
|---|
| 539 | <primary sortas="b-splain">splain</primary>
|
|---|
| 540 | </indexterm>
|
|---|
| 541 | </listitem>
|
|---|
| 542 | </varlistentry>
|
|---|
| 543 |
|
|---|
| 544 | <varlistentry id="xsubpp">
|
|---|
| 545 | <term><command>xsubpp</command></term>
|
|---|
| 546 | <listitem>
|
|---|
| 547 | <para>Converts Perl XS code into C code</para>
|
|---|
| 548 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-perl xsubpp">
|
|---|
| 549 | <primary sortas="b-xsubpp">xsubpp</primary>
|
|---|
| 550 | </indexterm>
|
|---|
| 551 | </listitem>
|
|---|
| 552 | </varlistentry>
|
|---|
| 553 |
|
|---|
| 554 | </variablelist>
|
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| 555 |
|
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| 556 | </sect2>
|
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| 557 |
|
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| 558 | </sect1>
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