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<!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN"
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"http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd" [
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<!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../general.ent">
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%general-entities;
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]>
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<sect1 id="ch-system-perl" role="wrap">
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<?dbhtml filename="perl.html"?>
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<sect1info condition="script">
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<productname>perl</productname>
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<productnumber>&perl-version;</productnumber>
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<address>&perl-url;</address>
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</sect1info>
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<title>Perl-&perl-version;</title>
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<indexterm zone="ch-system-perl">
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<primary sortas="a-Perl">Perl</primary>
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</indexterm>
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<sect2 role="package">
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<title/>
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<para>The Perl package contains the Practical Extraction and Report
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Language.</para>
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<segmentedlist>
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<segtitle>&buildtime;</segtitle>
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<segtitle>&diskspace;</segtitle>
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<seglistitem>
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<seg>&perl-ch6-sbu;</seg>
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<seg>&perl-ch6-du;</seg>
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</seglistitem>
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</segmentedlist>
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</sect2>
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<sect2 role="installation">
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<title>Installation of Perl</title>
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<para>First create a basic <filename>/etc/hosts</filename> file to be
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referenced in one of Perl's configuration files as well as the optional
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test suite:</para>
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<screen><userinput remap="pre">echo "127.0.0.1 localhost $(hostname)" > /etc/hosts</userinput></screen>
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<para>This version of Perl now builds the Compress::Raw::Zlib module. By
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default Perl will use an internal copy of the Zlib source for the build.
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Issue the following command so that Perl will use the Zlib library
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installed on the system:</para>
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<screen><userinput remap="pre">sed -i -e "s|BUILD_ZLIB\s*= True|BUILD_ZLIB = False|" \
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-e "s|INCLUDE\s*= ./zlib-src|INCLUDE = /usr/include|" \
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-e "s|LIB\s*= ./zlib-src|LIB = /usr/lib|" \
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cpan/Compress-Raw-Zlib/config.in</userinput></screen>
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<para>To have full control over the way Perl is set up, you can remove the
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<quote>-des</quote> options from the following command and hand-pick the way
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this package is built. Alteratively, use the command exactly as below to
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use the defaults that Perl auto-detects:</para>
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<screen><userinput remap="configure">sh Configure -des -Dprefix=/usr \
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-Dvendorprefix=/usr \
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-Dman1dir=/usr/share/man/man1 \
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-Dman3dir=/usr/share/man/man3 \
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-Dpager="/usr/bin/less -isR" \
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-Duseshrplib</userinput></screen>
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<variablelist>
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<title>The meaning of the configure options:</title>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><parameter>-Dvendorprefix=/usr</parameter></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>This ensures <command>perl</command> knows how to
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tell packages where they should install their perl modules.</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><parameter>-Dpager="/usr/bin/less -isR"</parameter></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>This corrects an error in the way that <command>perldoc</command>
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invokes the <command>less</command> program.</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><parameter>-Dman1dir=/usr/share/man/man1
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-Dman3dir=/usr/share/man/man3</parameter></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>Since Groff is not installed yet, <command>Configure</command>
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thinks that we do not want man pages for Perl. Issuing these
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parameters overrides this decision.</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><parameter>-Duseshrplib</parameter></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>Build a shared libperl needed by some perl modules.</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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</variablelist>
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<para>Compile the package:</para>
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<screen><userinput remap="make">make</userinput></screen>
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<para>To test the results (approximately 2.5 SBU), issue:</para>
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<screen><userinput remap="test">make test</userinput></screen>
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<para>Install the package:</para>
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<screen><userinput remap="install">make install</userinput></screen>
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</sect2>
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<sect2 id="contents-perl" role="content">
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<title>Contents of Perl</title>
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<segmentedlist>
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<segtitle>Installed programs</segtitle>
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<segtitle>Installed libraries</segtitle>
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<segtitle>Installed directory</segtitle>
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<seglistitem>
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<seg>a2p, c2ph, config_data, corelist, cpan, cpan2dist, cpanp,
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cpanp-run-perl, dprofpp, enc2xs, find2perl, h2ph, h2xs,
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instmodsh, libnetcfg, perl, perl&perl-version; (link to perl),
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perlbug, perldoc, perlivp, perlthanks (link to perlbug), piconv, pl2pm,
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pod2html, pod2latex, pod2man, pod2text, pod2usage, podchecker,
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podselect, prove, psed (link to s2p), pstruct (link to c2ph), ptar,
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ptardiff, s2p, shasum, splain, and xsubpp</seg>
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<seg>Several hundred which cannot all be listed here</seg>
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<seg>/usr/lib/perl5</seg>
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</seglistitem>
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</segmentedlist>
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<variablelist>
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<bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
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<?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
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<?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
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<varlistentry id="a2p">
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<term><command>a2p</command></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>Translates awk to Perl</para>
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<indexterm zone="ch-system-perl a2p">
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<primary sortas="b-a2p">a2p</primary>
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</indexterm>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry id="c2ph">
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<term><command>c2ph</command></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>Dumps C structures as generated from
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<command>cc -g -S</command></para>
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<indexterm zone="ch-system-perl c2ph">
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<primary sortas="b-c2ph">c2ph</primary>
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</indexterm>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry id="config_data">
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<term><command>config_data</command></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>Queries or changes configuration of Perl modules</para>
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<indexterm zone="ch-system-perl config_data">
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<primary sortas="b-config_data">config_data</primary>
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</indexterm>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry id="corelist">
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<term><command>corelist</command></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>A commandline frontend to Module::CoreList</para>
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<indexterm zone="ch-system-perl corelist">
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<primary sortas="b-corelist">corelist</primary>
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</indexterm>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry id="cpan">
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<term><command>cpan</command></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>Interact with the Comprehensive Perl Archive Network (CPAN)
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from the command line</para>
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<indexterm zone="ch-system-perl cpan">
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<primary sortas="b-cpan">cpan</primary>
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</indexterm>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry id="cpan2dist">
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<term><command>cpan2dist</command></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>The CPANPLUS distribution creator</para>
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<indexterm zone="ch-system-perl cpan2dist">
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<primary sortas="b-cpan2dist">cpan2dist</primary>
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</indexterm>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry id="cpanp">
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<term><command>cpanp</command></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>The CPANPLUS launcher</para>
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<indexterm zone="ch-system-perl cpanp">
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<primary sortas="b-cpanp">cpanp</primary>
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</indexterm>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry id="cpanp-run-perl">
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<term><command>cpanp-run-perl</command></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>Perl script that is used to enable flushing of the output
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buffer after each write in spawned processes</para>
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<indexterm zone="ch-system-perl cpanp-run-perl">
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<primary sortas="b-cpanp-run-perl">cpanp-run-perl</primary>
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</indexterm>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry id="dprofpp">
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<term><command>dprofpp</command></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>Displays Perl profile data</para>
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<indexterm zone="ch-system-perl dprofpp">
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<primary sortas="b-dprofpp">dprofpp</primary>
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</indexterm>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry id="enc2xs">
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<term><command>enc2xs</command></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>Builds a Perl extension for the Encode module from either
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Unicode Character Mappings or Tcl Encoding Files</para>
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<indexterm zone="ch-system-perl enc2xs">
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<primary sortas="b-enc2xs">enc2xs</primary>
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</indexterm>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry id="find2perl">
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<term><command>find2perl</command></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>Translates <command>find</command> commands to Perl</para>
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<indexterm zone="ch-system-perl find2perl">
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<primary sortas="b-find2perl">find2perl</primary>
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</indexterm>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry id="h2ph">
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<term><command>h2ph</command></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>Converts <filename class="extension">.h</filename> C header
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files to <filename class="extension">.ph</filename> Perl header
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files</para>
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<indexterm zone="ch-system-perl h2ph">
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<primary sortas="b-h2ph">h2ph</primary>
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</indexterm>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry id="h2xs">
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<term><command>h2xs</command></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>Converts <filename class="extension">.h</filename> C header
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files to Perl extensions</para>
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<indexterm zone="ch-system-perl h2xs">
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<primary sortas="b-h2xs">h2xs</primary>
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</indexterm>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry id="instmodsh">
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<term><command>instmodsh</command></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>Shell script for examining installed Perl modules,
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and can even create a tarball from an installed module</para>
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<indexterm zone="ch-system-perl instmodsh">
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<primary sortas="b-instmodsh">instmodsh</primary>
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</indexterm>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry id="libnetcfg">
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<term><command>libnetcfg</command></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>Can be used to configure the
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<filename class="libraryfile">libnet</filename></para>
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<indexterm zone="ch-system-perl libnetcfg">
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<primary sortas="b-libnetcfg">libnetcfg</primary>
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</indexterm>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry id="perl">
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<term><command>perl</command></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>Combines some of the best features of C, <command>sed</command>,
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<command>awk</command> and <command>sh</command> into a single
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swiss-army language</para>
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<indexterm zone="ch-system-perl perl">
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<primary sortas="b-perl">perl</primary>
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</indexterm>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry id="perl-version">
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<term><command>perl&perl-version;</command></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>A hard link to <command>perl</command></para>
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<indexterm zone="ch-system-perl perl-version">
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<primary sortas="b-perl&perl-version;">perl&perl-version;</primary>
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</indexterm>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry id="perlbug">
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<term><command>perlbug</command></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>Used to generate bug reports about Perl, or the modules that come
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with it, and mail them</para>
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<indexterm zone="ch-system-perl perlbug">
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<primary sortas="b-perlbug">perlbug</primary>
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</indexterm>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry id="perldoc">
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<term><command>perldoc</command></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>Displays a piece of documentation in pod format that is embedded
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in the Perl installation tree or in a Perl script</para>
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<indexterm zone="ch-system-perl perldoc">
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<primary sortas="b-perldoc">perldoc</primary>
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</indexterm>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry id="perlivp">
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<term><command>perlivp</command></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>The Perl Installation Verification Procedure; it can be used to
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verify that Perl and its libraries have been installed
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correctly</para>
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<indexterm zone="ch-system-perl perlivp">
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<primary sortas="b-perlivp">perlivp</primary>
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</indexterm>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry id="perlthanks">
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<term><command>perlthanks</command></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>Used to generate thank you messages to mail to the Perl
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developers</para>
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<indexterm zone="ch-system-perl perlthanks">
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<primary sortas="b-perlthanks">perlthanks</primary>
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</indexterm>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry id="piconv">
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<term><command>piconv</command></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>A Perl version of the character encoding converter
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<command>iconv</command></para>
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<indexterm zone="ch-system-perl piconv">
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<primary sortas="b-piconv">piconv</primary>
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</indexterm>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry id="pl2pm">
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<term><command>pl2pm</command></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>A rough tool for converting Perl4
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<filename class="extension">.pl</filename> files to Perl5
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<filename class="extension">.pm</filename> modules</para>
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<indexterm zone="ch-system-perl pl2pm">
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<primary sortas="b-pl2pm">pl2pm</primary>
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</indexterm>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry id="pod2html">
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<term><command>pod2html</command></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>Converts files from pod format to HTML format</para>
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<indexterm zone="ch-system-perl pod2html">
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<primary sortas="b-pod2html">pod2html</primary>
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</indexterm>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry id="pod2latex">
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<term><command>pod2latex</command></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>Converts files from pod format to LaTeX format</para>
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<indexterm zone="ch-system-perl pod2latex">
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<primary sortas="b-pod2latex">pod2latex</primary>
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</indexterm>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry id="pod2man">
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<term><command>pod2man</command></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>Converts pod data to formatted *roff input</para>
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<indexterm zone="ch-system-perl pod2man">
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<primary sortas="b-pod2man">pod2man</primary>
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</indexterm>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry id="pod2text">
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<term><command>pod2text</command></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>Converts pod data to formatted ASCII text</para>
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<indexterm zone="ch-system-perl pod2text">
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<primary sortas="b-pod2text">pod2text</primary>
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</indexterm>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry id="pod2usage">
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<term><command>pod2usage</command></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>Prints usage messages from embedded pod docs in files</para>
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<indexterm zone="ch-system-perl pod2usage">
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<primary sortas="b-pod2usage">pod2usage</primary>
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</indexterm>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry id="podchecker">
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<term><command>podchecker</command></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>Checks the syntax of pod format documentation files</para>
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<indexterm zone="ch-system-perl podchecker">
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<primary sortas="b-podchecker">podchecker</primary>
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</indexterm>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry id="podselect">
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<term><command>podselect</command></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>Displays selected sections of pod documentation</para>
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<indexterm zone="ch-system-perl podselect">
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<primary sortas="b-podselect">podselect</primary>
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</indexterm>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry id="prove">
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<term><command>prove</command></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>Command line tool for running tests against the Test::Harness
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module.</para>
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<indexterm zone="ch-system-perl prove">
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<primary sortas="b-prove">prove</primary>
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</indexterm>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry id="psed">
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<term><command>psed</command></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>A Perl version of the stream editor <command>sed</command></para>
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<indexterm zone="ch-system-perl psed">
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<primary sortas="b-psed">psed</primary>
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</indexterm>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry id="pstruct">
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<term><command>pstruct</command></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>Dumps C structures as generated from <command>cc -g -S</command>
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stabs</para>
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<indexterm zone="ch-system-perl pstruct">
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<primary sortas="b-pstruct">pstruct</primary>
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</indexterm>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry id="ptar">
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<term><command>ptar</command></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>A <command>tar</command>-like program written in Perl</para>
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<indexterm zone="ch-system-perl ptar">
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<primary sortas="b-ptar">ptar</primary>
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</indexterm>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry id="ptardiff">
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<term><command>ptardiff</command></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>A Perl program that compares an extracted archive with an
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unextracted one</para>
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<indexterm zone="ch-system-perl ptardiff">
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<primary sortas="b-ptardiff">ptardiff</primary>
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</indexterm>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry id="s2p">
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<term><command>s2p</command></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>Translates <command>sed</command> scripts to Perl</para>
|
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<indexterm zone="ch-system-perl s2p">
|
|
<primary sortas="b-s2p">s2p</primary>
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</indexterm>
|
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry id="shasum">
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<term><command>shasum</command></term>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>Prints or checks SHA checksums</para>
|
|
<indexterm zone="ch-system-perl shasum">
|
|
<primary sortas="b-shasum">shasum</primary>
|
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</indexterm>
|
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</listitem>
|
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry id="splain">
|
|
<term><command>splain</command></term>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>Is used to force verbose warning diagnostics in Perl</para>
|
|
<indexterm zone="ch-system-perl splain">
|
|
<primary sortas="b-splain">splain</primary>
|
|
</indexterm>
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry id="xsubpp">
|
|
<term><command>xsubpp</command></term>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>Converts Perl XS code into C code</para>
|
|
<indexterm zone="ch-system-perl xsubpp">
|
|
<primary sortas="b-xsubpp">xsubpp</primary>
|
|
</indexterm>
|
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</listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
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</variablelist>
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</sect2>
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</sect1>
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