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5 | %general-entities; |
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6 | ]> |
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8 | <sect1 id="ch-system-perl" role="wrap"> |
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9 | <?dbhtml filename="perl.html"?> |
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10 | |
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11 | <title>Perl-&perl-version;</title> |
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12 | |
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13 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-perl"> |
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14 | <primary sortas="a-Perl">Perl</primary> |
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15 | </indexterm> |
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16 | |
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17 | <sect2 role="package"> |
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18 | <title/> |
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19 | |
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20 | <para>The Perl package contains the Practical Extraction and Report |
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21 | Language.</para> |
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22 | |
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23 | </sect2> |
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24 | |
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25 | <sect2 role="installation"> |
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26 | <title>Installation of Perl</title> |
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27 | |
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28 | <para os="a00">Before starting to configure, create a basic |
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29 | <filename>/etc/hosts</filename> file which will be referenced in one |
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30 | of Perl's configuration files as well as being used used by the testsuite |
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31 | if you run that.</para> |
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32 | |
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33 | <screen os="a01"><userinput>echo "127.0.0.1 localhost $(hostname)" > /etc/hosts</userinput></screen> |
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34 | |
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35 | <para os="a">To have full control over the way Perl is set up, run the |
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36 | interactive <command>Configure</command> script and hand-pick the way |
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37 | this package is built. If the defaults it auto-detects are suitable, |
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38 | prepare Perl for compilation with:</para> |
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39 | |
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40 | <screen os="b"><userinput>./configure.gnu --prefix=/usr \ |
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41 | -Dman1dir=/usr/share/man/man1 \ |
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42 | -Dman3dir=/usr/share/man/man3 \ |
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43 | -Dpager="/bin/less -isR"</userinput></screen> |
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44 | |
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45 | <variablelist os="c"> |
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46 | <title>The meaning of the configure option:</title> |
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47 | |
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48 | <varlistentry os="c1"> |
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49 | <term><parameter>-Dpager="/bin/less -isR"</parameter></term> |
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50 | <listitem> |
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51 | <para>This corrects an error in the way that <command>perldoc</command> |
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52 | invokes the <command>less</command> program.</para> |
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53 | </listitem> |
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54 | </varlistentry> |
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55 | <varlistentry os="c2"> |
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56 | <term><parameter>-Dman1dir=/usr/share/man/man1 -Dman3dir=/usr/share/man/man3</parameter></term> |
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57 | <listitem> |
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58 | <para>Since Groff is not installed yet, |
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59 | <command>configure.gnu</command> thinks that we do not want |
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60 | man pages for Perl. Issuing these parameters overrides this decision.</para> |
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61 | </listitem> |
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62 | </varlistentry> |
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63 | </variablelist> |
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64 | |
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65 | <para os="d">Compile the package:</para> |
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66 | |
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67 | <screen os="e"><userinput>make</userinput></screen> |
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68 | |
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69 | <para os="h">To test the results, issue: |
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70 | <userinput>make test</userinput>.</para> |
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71 | |
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72 | <para os="j">Install the package:</para> |
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73 | |
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74 | <screen os="k"><userinput>make install</userinput></screen> |
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75 | |
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76 | </sect2> |
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77 | |
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78 | <sect2 id="contents-perl" role="content"> |
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79 | <title>Contents of Perl</title> |
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80 | |
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81 | <segmentedlist> |
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82 | <segtitle>Installed programs</segtitle> |
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83 | <segtitle>Installed libraries</segtitle> |
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84 | |
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85 | <seglistitem> |
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86 | <seg>a2p, c2ph, cpan, dprofpp, enc2xs, find2perl, h2ph, h2xs, instmodsh, libnetcfg, |
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87 | perl, perl&perl-version; (link to perl), perlbug, perlcc, perldoc, |
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88 | perlivp, piconv, pl2pm, pod2html, pod2latex, pod2man, pod2text, |
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89 | pod2usage, podchecker, podselect, prove, psed (link to s2p), pstruct (link |
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90 | to c2ph), s2p, splain, and xsubpp</seg> |
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91 | <seg>Several hundred which cannot all be listed here</seg> |
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92 | </seglistitem> |
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93 | </segmentedlist> |
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94 | |
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95 | <variablelist> |
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96 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead> |
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97 | <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?> |
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98 | <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?> |
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99 | |
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100 | <varlistentry id="a2p"> |
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101 | <term><command>a2p</command></term> |
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102 | <listitem> |
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103 | <para>Translates awk to Perl</para> |
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104 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-perl a2p"> |
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105 | <primary sortas="b-a2p">a2p</primary> |
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106 | </indexterm> |
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107 | </listitem> |
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108 | </varlistentry> |
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109 | |
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110 | <varlistentry id="c2ph"> |
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111 | <term><command>c2ph</command></term> |
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112 | <listitem> |
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113 | <para>Dumps C structures as generated from |
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114 | <command>cc -g -S</command></para> |
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115 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-perl c2ph"> |
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116 | <primary sortas="b-c2ph">c2ph</primary> |
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117 | </indexterm> |
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118 | </listitem> |
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119 | </varlistentry> |
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120 | |
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121 | <varlistentry id="cpan"> |
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122 | <term><command>cpan</command></term> |
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123 | <listitem> |
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124 | <para>Shell script that provides a command interface to CPAN.pm</para> |
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125 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-perl cpan"> |
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126 | <primary sortas="b-cpan">cpan</primary> |
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127 | </indexterm> |
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128 | </listitem> |
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129 | </varlistentry> |
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130 | |
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131 | <varlistentry id="dprofpp"> |
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132 | <term><command>dprofpp</command></term> |
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133 | <listitem> |
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134 | <para>Displays Perl profile data</para> |
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135 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-perl dprofpp"> |
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136 | <primary sortas="b-dprofpp">dprofpp</primary> |
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137 | </indexterm> |
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138 | </listitem> |
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139 | </varlistentry> |
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140 | |
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141 | <varlistentry id="enc2xs"> |
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142 | <term><command>enc2xs</command></term> |
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143 | <listitem> |
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144 | <para>Builds a Perl extension for the Encode module from either |
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145 | Unicode Character Mappings or Tcl Encoding Files</para> |
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146 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-perl enc2xs"> |
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147 | <primary sortas="b-enc2xs">enc2xs</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="find2perl"> |
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153 | <term><command>find2perl</command></term> |
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154 | <listitem> |
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155 | <para>Translates <command>find</command> commands to Perl</para> |
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156 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-perl find2perl"> |
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157 | <primary sortas="b-find2perl">find2perl</primary> |
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158 | </indexterm> |
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159 | </listitem> |
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160 | </varlistentry> |
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161 | |
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162 | <varlistentry id="h2ph"> |
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163 | <term><command>h2ph</command></term> |
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164 | <listitem> |
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165 | <para>Converts <filename class="extension">.h</filename> C header |
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166 | files to <filename class="extension">.ph</filename> Perl header |
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167 | files</para> |
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168 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-perl h2ph"> |
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169 | <primary sortas="b-h2ph">h2ph</primary> |
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170 | </indexterm> |
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171 | </listitem> |
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172 | </varlistentry> |
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173 | |
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174 | <varlistentry id="h2xs"> |
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175 | <term><command>h2xs</command></term> |
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176 | <listitem> |
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177 | <para>Converts <filename class="extension">.h</filename> C header |
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178 | files to Perl extensions</para> |
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179 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-perl h2xs"> |
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180 | <primary sortas="b-h2xs">h2xs</primary> |
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181 | </indexterm> |
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182 | </listitem> |
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183 | </varlistentry> |
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184 | |
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185 | <varlistentry id="libnetcfg"> |
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186 | <term><command>libnetcfg</command></term> |
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187 | <listitem> |
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188 | <para>Can be used to configure the |
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189 | <filename class="libraryfile">libnet</filename></para> |
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190 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-perl libnetcfg"> |
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191 | <primary sortas="b-libnetcfg">libnetcfg</primary> |
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192 | </indexterm> |
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193 | </listitem> |
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194 | </varlistentry> |
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195 | |
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196 | <varlistentry id="instmodsh"> |
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197 | <term><command>instmodsh</command></term> |
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198 | <listitem> |
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199 | <para>A shell script for examining installed Perl modules, |
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200 | and can even create a tarball from an installed module</para> |
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201 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-perl instmodsh"> |
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202 | <primary sortas="b-instmodsh">instmodsh</primary> |
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203 | </indexterm> |
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204 | </listitem> |
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205 | </varlistentry> |
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206 | |
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207 | <varlistentry id="perl"> |
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208 | <term><command>perl</command></term> |
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209 | <listitem> |
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210 | <para>Combines some of the best features of C, <command>sed</command>, |
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211 | <command>awk</command> and <command>sh</command> into a single |
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212 | swiss-army-knife language</para> |
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213 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-perl perl"> |
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214 | <primary sortas="b-perl">perl</primary> |
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215 | </indexterm> |
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216 | </listitem> |
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217 | </varlistentry> |
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218 | |
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219 | <varlistentry id="perl-version"> |
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220 | <term><command>perl&perl-version;</command></term> |
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221 | <listitem> |
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222 | <para>A hard link to <command>perl</command></para> |
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223 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-perl perl-version"> |
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224 | <primary sortas="b-perl&perl-version;">perl&perl-version;</primary> |
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225 | </indexterm> |
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226 | </listitem> |
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227 | </varlistentry> |
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228 | |
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229 | <varlistentry id="perlbug"> |
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230 | <term><command>perlbug</command></term> |
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231 | <listitem> |
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232 | <para>Used to generate bug reports about Perl, or the modules that come |
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233 | with it, and mail them</para> |
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234 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-perl perlbug"> |
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235 | <primary sortas="b-perlbug">perlbug</primary> |
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236 | </indexterm> |
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237 | </listitem> |
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238 | </varlistentry> |
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239 | |
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240 | <varlistentry id="perlcc"> |
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241 | <term><command>perlcc</command></term> |
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242 | <listitem> |
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243 | <para>Generates executables from Perl programs</para> |
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244 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-perl perlcc"> |
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245 | <primary sortas="b-perlcc">perlcc</primary> |
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246 | </indexterm> |
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247 | </listitem> |
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248 | </varlistentry> |
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249 | |
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250 | <varlistentry id="perldoc"> |
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251 | <term><command>perldoc</command></term> |
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252 | <listitem> |
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253 | <para>Displays a piece of documentation in pod format that is embedded |
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254 | in the Perl installation tree or in a Perl script</para> |
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255 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-perl perldoc"> |
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256 | <primary sortas="b-perldoc">perldoc</primary> |
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257 | </indexterm> |
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258 | </listitem> |
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259 | </varlistentry> |
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260 | |
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261 | <varlistentry id="perlivp"> |
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262 | <term><command>perlivp</command></term> |
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263 | <listitem> |
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264 | <para>The Perl Installation Verification Procedure; it can be used to |
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265 | verify that Perl and its libraries have been installed |
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266 | correctly</para> |
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267 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-perl perlivp"> |
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268 | <primary sortas="b-perlivp">perlivp</primary> |
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269 | </indexterm> |
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270 | </listitem> |
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271 | </varlistentry> |
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272 | |
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273 | <varlistentry id="piconv"> |
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274 | <term><command>piconv</command></term> |
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275 | <listitem> |
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276 | <para>A Perl version of the character encoding converter |
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277 | <command>iconv</command></para> |
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278 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-perl piconv"> |
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279 | <primary sortas="b-piconv">piconv</primary> |
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280 | </indexterm> |
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281 | </listitem> |
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282 | </varlistentry> |
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283 | |
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284 | <varlistentry id="pl2pm"> |
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285 | <term><command>pl2pm</command></term> |
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286 | <listitem> |
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287 | <para>A rough tool for converting Perl4 |
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288 | <filename class="extension">.pl</filename> files to Perl5 |
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289 | <filename class="extension">.pm</filename> modules</para> |
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290 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-perl pl2pm"> |
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291 | <primary sortas="b-pl2pm">pl2pm</primary> |
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292 | </indexterm> |
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293 | </listitem> |
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294 | </varlistentry> |
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295 | |
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296 | <varlistentry id="pod2html"> |
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297 | <term><command>pod2html</command></term> |
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298 | <listitem> |
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299 | <para>Converts files from pod format to HTML format</para> |
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300 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-perl pod2html"> |
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301 | <primary sortas="b-pod2html">pod2html</primary> |
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302 | </indexterm> |
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303 | </listitem> |
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304 | </varlistentry> |
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305 | |
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306 | <varlistentry id="pod2latex"> |
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307 | <term><command>pod2latex</command></term> |
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308 | <listitem> |
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309 | <para>Converts files from pod format to LaTeX format</para> |
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310 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-perl pod2latex"> |
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311 | <primary sortas="b-pod2latex">pod2latex</primary> |
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312 | </indexterm> |
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313 | </listitem> |
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314 | </varlistentry> |
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315 | |
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316 | <varlistentry id="pod2man"> |
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317 | <term><command>pod2man</command></term> |
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318 | <listitem> |
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319 | <para>Converts pod data to formatted *roff input</para> |
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320 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-perl pod2man"> |
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321 | <primary sortas="b-pod2man">pod2man</primary> |
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322 | </indexterm> |
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323 | </listitem> |
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324 | </varlistentry> |
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325 | |
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326 | <varlistentry id="pod2text"> |
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327 | <term><command>pod2text</command></term> |
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328 | <listitem> |
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329 | <para>Converts pod data to formatted ASCII text</para> |
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330 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-perl pod2text"> |
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331 | <primary sortas="b-pod2text">pod2text</primary> |
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332 | </indexterm> |
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333 | </listitem> |
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334 | </varlistentry> |
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335 | |
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336 | <varlistentry id="pod2usage"> |
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337 | <term><command>pod2usage</command></term> |
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338 | <listitem> |
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339 | <para>Prints usage messages from embedded pod docs in files</para> |
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340 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-perl pod2usage"> |
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341 | <primary sortas="b-pod2usage">pod2usage</primary> |
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342 | </indexterm> |
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343 | </listitem> |
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344 | </varlistentry> |
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345 | |
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346 | <varlistentry id="podchecker"> |
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347 | <term><command>podchecker</command></term> |
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348 | <listitem> |
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349 | <para>Checks the syntax of pod format documentation files</para> |
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350 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-perl podchecker"> |
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351 | <primary sortas="b-podchecker">podchecker</primary> |
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352 | </indexterm> |
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353 | </listitem> |
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354 | </varlistentry> |
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355 | |
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356 | <varlistentry id="podselect"> |
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357 | <term><command>podselect</command></term> |
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358 | <listitem> |
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359 | <para>Displays selected sections of pod documentation</para> |
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360 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-perl podselect"> |
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361 | <primary sortas="b-podselect">podselect</primary> |
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362 | </indexterm> |
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363 | </listitem> |
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364 | </varlistentry> |
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365 | |
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366 | <varlistentry id="prove"> |
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367 | <term><command>prove</command></term> |
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368 | <listitem> |
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369 | <para>A command-line tool for running tests against Test::Harness</para> |
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370 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-perl prove"> |
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371 | <primary sortas="b-prove">prove</primary> |
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372 | </indexterm> |
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373 | </listitem> |
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374 | </varlistentry> |
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375 | |
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376 | <varlistentry id="psed"> |
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377 | <term><command>psed</command></term> |
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378 | <listitem> |
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379 | <para>A Perl version of the stream editor <command>sed</command></para> |
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380 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-perl psed"> |
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381 | <primary sortas="b-psed">psed</primary> |
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382 | </indexterm> |
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383 | </listitem> |
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384 | </varlistentry> |
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385 | |
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386 | <varlistentry id="pstruct"> |
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387 | <term><command>pstruct</command></term> |
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388 | <listitem> |
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389 | <para>Dumps C structures as generated from <command>cc -g -S</command> |
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390 | stabs</para> |
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391 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-perl pstruct"> |
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392 | <primary sortas="b-pstruct">pstruct</primary> |
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393 | </indexterm> |
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394 | </listitem> |
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395 | </varlistentry> |
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396 | |
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397 | <varlistentry id="s2p"> |
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398 | <term><command>s2p</command></term> |
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399 | <listitem> |
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400 | <para>Translates <command>sed</command> to Perl</para> |
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401 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-perl s2p"> |
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402 | <primary sortas="b-s2p">s2p</primary> |
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403 | </indexterm> |
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404 | </listitem> |
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405 | </varlistentry> |
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406 | |
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407 | <varlistentry id="splain"> |
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408 | <term><command>splain</command></term> |
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409 | <listitem> |
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410 | <para>Is used to force verbose warning diagnostics in Perl</para> |
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411 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-perl splain"> |
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412 | <primary sortas="b-splain">splain</primary> |
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413 | </indexterm> |
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414 | </listitem> |
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415 | </varlistentry> |
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416 | |
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417 | <varlistentry id="xsubpp"> |
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418 | <term><command>xsubpp</command></term> |
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419 | <listitem> |
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420 | <para>Converts Perl XS code into C code</para> |
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421 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-perl xsubpp"> |
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422 | <primary sortas="b-xsubpp">xsubpp</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 | </variablelist> |
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428 | |
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429 | </sect2> |
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430 | |
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431 | </sect1> |
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