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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 | <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 | <warning os="w1">
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| 29 | <para>Building with <envar>CFLAGS</envar> or <envar>CXXFLAGS</envar> set
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| 30 | can cause the build to hang or fail.</para>
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| 31 | </warning>
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| 32 |
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| 33 | <para os="p3">The following patch fixes issues with Perl and
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| 34 | cross-compiling:</para>
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| 35 |
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| 36 | <screen os="p4"><userinput>patch -Np1 -i ../&perl-cross_compile-patch;</userinput></screen>
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| 37 |
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| 38 | <para os="s1">The following sed causes <filename>DynaLoader.a</filename>
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| 39 | to be built with -fPIC so it can be linked into a shared library
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| 40 | later:</para>
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| 41 |
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| 42 | <screen os="s2"><userinput>sed -i -e "s@pldlflags=''@pldlflags=\"\$cccdlflags\"@g" \
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| 43 | -e "s@static_target='static'@static_target='static_pic'@g" Makefile.SH</userinput></screen>
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| 44 |
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| 45 | <para os="a">The Cross directory contains a Makefile for cross-compiling:</para>
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| 46 |
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| 47 | <screen os="b"><userinput>cd Cross</userinput></screen>
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| 48 |
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| 49 | <para os="c">Compile the package:</para>
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| 50 |
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| 51 | <screen os="d"><userinput>make ARCH=arm CROSS_COMPILE=${CLFS_TARGET}-</userinput></screen>
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| 52 |
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| 53 | <para os="e">Install the package:</para>
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| 54 |
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| 55 | <screen os="f"><userinput>make DESTDIR=${CLFS} install</userinput></screen>
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| 56 |
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| 57 | </sect2>
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| 58 |
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| 59 | <sect2 id="contents-perl" role="content">
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| 60 | <title>Contents of Perl</title>
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| 61 |
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| 62 | <segmentedlist>
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| 63 | <segtitle>Installed programs</segtitle>
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| 64 | <segtitle>Installed libraries</segtitle>
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| 65 |
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| 66 | <seglistitem>
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| 67 | <seg>a2p, c2ph, cpan, dprofpp, enc2xs, find2perl, h2ph, h2xs, instmodsh, libnetcfg,
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| 68 | perl, perl&perl-version; (link to perl), perlbug, perlcc, perldoc,
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| 69 | perlivp, piconv, pl2pm, pod2html, pod2latex, pod2man, pod2text,
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| 70 | pod2usage, podchecker, podselect, prove, psed (link to s2p), pstruct (link
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| 71 | to c2ph), s2p, splain, and xsubpp</seg>
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| 72 | <seg>Several hundred which cannot all be listed here</seg>
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| 73 | </seglistitem>
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| 74 | </segmentedlist>
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| 75 |
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| 76 | <variablelist>
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| 77 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
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| 78 | <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
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| 79 | <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
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| 80 |
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| 81 | <varlistentry id="a2p">
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| 82 | <term><command>a2p</command></term>
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| 83 | <listitem>
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| 84 | <para>Translates awk to Perl</para>
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| 85 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-perl a2p">
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| 86 | <primary sortas="b-a2p">a2p</primary>
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| 87 | </indexterm>
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| 88 | </listitem>
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| 89 | </varlistentry>
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| 90 |
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| 91 | <varlistentry id="c2ph">
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| 92 | <term><command>c2ph</command></term>
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| 93 | <listitem>
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| 94 | <para>Dumps C structures as generated from
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| 95 | <command>cc -g -S</command></para>
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| 96 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-perl c2ph">
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| 97 | <primary sortas="b-c2ph">c2ph</primary>
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| 98 | </indexterm>
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| 99 | </listitem>
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| 100 | </varlistentry>
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| 101 |
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| 102 | <varlistentry id="cpan">
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| 103 | <term><command>cpan</command></term>
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| 104 | <listitem>
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| 105 | <para>Shell script that provides a command interface to CPAN.pm</para>
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| 106 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-perl cpan">
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| 107 | <primary sortas="b-cpan">cpan</primary>
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| 108 | </indexterm>
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| 109 | </listitem>
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| 110 | </varlistentry>
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| 111 |
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| 112 | <varlistentry id="dprofpp">
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| 113 | <term><command>dprofpp</command></term>
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| 114 | <listitem>
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| 115 | <para>Displays Perl profile data</para>
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| 116 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-perl dprofpp">
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| 117 | <primary sortas="b-dprofpp">dprofpp</primary>
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| 118 | </indexterm>
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| 119 | </listitem>
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| 120 | </varlistentry>
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| 121 |
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| 122 | <varlistentry id="enc2xs">
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| 123 | <term><command>enc2xs</command></term>
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| 124 | <listitem>
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| 125 | <para>Builds a Perl extension for the Encode module from either
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| 126 | Unicode Character Mappings or Tcl Encoding Files</para>
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| 127 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-perl enc2xs">
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| 128 | <primary sortas="b-enc2xs">enc2xs</primary>
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| 129 | </indexterm>
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| 130 | </listitem>
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| 131 | </varlistentry>
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| 132 |
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| 133 | <varlistentry id="find2perl">
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| 134 | <term><command>find2perl</command></term>
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| 135 | <listitem>
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| 136 | <para>Translates <command>find</command> commands to Perl</para>
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| 137 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-perl find2perl">
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| 138 | <primary sortas="b-find2perl">find2perl</primary>
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| 139 | </indexterm>
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| 140 | </listitem>
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| 141 | </varlistentry>
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| 142 |
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| 143 | <varlistentry id="h2ph">
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| 144 | <term><command>h2ph</command></term>
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| 145 | <listitem>
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| 146 | <para>Converts <filename class="extension">.h</filename> C header
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| 147 | files to <filename class="extension">.ph</filename> Perl header
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| 148 | files</para>
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| 149 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-perl h2ph">
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| 150 | <primary sortas="b-h2ph">h2ph</primary>
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| 151 | </indexterm>
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| 152 | </listitem>
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| 153 | </varlistentry>
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| 154 |
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| 155 | <varlistentry id="h2xs">
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| 156 | <term><command>h2xs</command></term>
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| 157 | <listitem>
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| 158 | <para>Converts <filename class="extension">.h</filename> C header
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| 159 | files to Perl extensions</para>
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| 160 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-perl h2xs">
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| 161 | <primary sortas="b-h2xs">h2xs</primary>
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| 162 | </indexterm>
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| 163 | </listitem>
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| 164 | </varlistentry>
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| 165 |
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| 166 | <varlistentry id="libnetcfg">
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| 167 | <term><command>libnetcfg</command></term>
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| 168 | <listitem>
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| 169 | <para>Can be used to configure the
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| 170 | <filename class="libraryfile">libnet</filename></para>
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| 171 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-perl libnetcfg">
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| 172 | <primary sortas="b-libnetcfg">libnetcfg</primary>
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| 173 | </indexterm>
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| 174 | </listitem>
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| 175 | </varlistentry>
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| 176 |
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| 177 | <varlistentry id="instmodsh">
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| 178 | <term><command>instmodsh</command></term>
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| 179 | <listitem>
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| 180 | <para>A shell script for examining installed Perl modules,
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| 181 | and can even create a tarball from an installed module</para>
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| 182 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-perl instmodsh">
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| 183 | <primary sortas="b-instmodsh">instmodsh</primary>
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| 184 | </indexterm>
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| 185 | </listitem>
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| 186 | </varlistentry>
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| 187 |
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| 188 | <varlistentry id="perl">
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| 189 | <term><command>perl</command></term>
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| 190 | <listitem>
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| 191 | <para>Combines some of the best features of C, <command>sed</command>,
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| 192 | <command>awk</command> and <command>sh</command> into a single
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| 193 | swiss-army-knife language</para>
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| 194 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-perl perl">
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| 195 | <primary sortas="b-perl">perl</primary>
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| 196 | </indexterm>
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| 197 | </listitem>
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| 198 | </varlistentry>
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| 199 |
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| 200 | <varlistentry id="perl-version">
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| 201 | <term><command>perl&perl-version;</command></term>
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| 202 | <listitem>
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| 203 | <para>A hard link to <command>perl</command></para>
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| 204 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-perl perl-version">
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| 205 | <primary sortas="b-perl&perl-version;">perl&perl-version;</primary>
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| 206 | </indexterm>
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| 207 | </listitem>
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| 208 | </varlistentry>
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| 209 |
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| 210 | <varlistentry id="perlbug">
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| 211 | <term><command>perlbug</command></term>
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| 212 | <listitem>
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| 213 | <para>Used to generate bug reports about Perl, or the modules that come
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| 214 | with it, and mail them</para>
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| 215 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-perl perlbug">
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| 216 | <primary sortas="b-perlbug">perlbug</primary>
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| 217 | </indexterm>
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| 218 | </listitem>
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| 219 | </varlistentry>
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| 220 |
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| 221 | <varlistentry id="perlcc">
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| 222 | <term><command>perlcc</command></term>
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| 223 | <listitem>
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| 224 | <para>Generates executables from Perl programs</para>
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| 225 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-perl perlcc">
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| 226 | <primary sortas="b-perlcc">perlcc</primary>
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| 227 | </indexterm>
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| 228 | </listitem>
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| 229 | </varlistentry>
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| 230 |
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| 231 | <varlistentry id="perldoc">
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| 232 | <term><command>perldoc</command></term>
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| 233 | <listitem>
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| 234 | <para>Displays a piece of documentation in pod format that is embedded
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| 235 | in the Perl installation tree or in a Perl script</para>
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| 236 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-perl perldoc">
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| 237 | <primary sortas="b-perldoc">perldoc</primary>
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| 238 | </indexterm>
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| 239 | </listitem>
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| 240 | </varlistentry>
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| 241 |
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| 242 | <varlistentry id="perlivp">
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| 243 | <term><command>perlivp</command></term>
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| 244 | <listitem>
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| 245 | <para>The Perl Installation Verification Procedure; it can be used to
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| 246 | verify that Perl and its libraries have been installed
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| 247 | correctly</para>
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| 248 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-perl perlivp">
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| 249 | <primary sortas="b-perlivp">perlivp</primary>
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| 250 | </indexterm>
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| 251 | </listitem>
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| 252 | </varlistentry>
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| 253 |
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| 254 | <varlistentry id="piconv">
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| 255 | <term><command>piconv</command></term>
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| 256 | <listitem>
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| 257 | <para>A Perl version of the character encoding converter
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| 258 | <command>iconv</command></para>
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| 259 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-perl piconv">
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| 260 | <primary sortas="b-piconv">piconv</primary>
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| 261 | </indexterm>
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| 262 | </listitem>
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| 263 | </varlistentry>
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| 264 |
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| 265 | <varlistentry id="pl2pm">
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| 266 | <term><command>pl2pm</command></term>
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| 267 | <listitem>
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| 268 | <para>A rough tool for converting Perl4
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| 269 | <filename class="extension">.pl</filename> files to Perl5
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| 270 | <filename class="extension">.pm</filename> modules</para>
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| 271 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-perl pl2pm">
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| 272 | <primary sortas="b-pl2pm">pl2pm</primary>
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| 273 | </indexterm>
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| 274 | </listitem>
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| 275 | </varlistentry>
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| 276 |
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| 277 | <varlistentry id="pod2html">
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| 278 | <term><command>pod2html</command></term>
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| 279 | <listitem>
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| 280 | <para>Converts files from pod format to HTML format</para>
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| 281 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-perl pod2html">
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| 282 | <primary sortas="b-pod2html">pod2html</primary>
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| 283 | </indexterm>
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| 284 | </listitem>
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| 285 | </varlistentry>
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| 286 |
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| 287 | <varlistentry id="pod2latex">
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| 288 | <term><command>pod2latex</command></term>
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| 289 | <listitem>
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| 290 | <para>Converts files from pod format to LaTeX format</para>
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| 291 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-perl pod2latex">
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| 292 | <primary sortas="b-pod2latex">pod2latex</primary>
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| 293 | </indexterm>
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| 294 | </listitem>
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| 295 | </varlistentry>
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| 296 |
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| 297 | <varlistentry id="pod2man">
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| 298 | <term><command>pod2man</command></term>
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| 299 | <listitem>
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| 300 | <para>Converts pod data to formatted *roff input</para>
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| 301 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-perl pod2man">
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| 302 | <primary sortas="b-pod2man">pod2man</primary>
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| 303 | </indexterm>
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| 304 | </listitem>
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| 305 | </varlistentry>
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| 306 |
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| 307 | <varlistentry id="pod2text">
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| 308 | <term><command>pod2text</command></term>
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| 309 | <listitem>
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| 310 | <para>Converts pod data to formatted ASCII text</para>
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| 311 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-perl pod2text">
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| 312 | <primary sortas="b-pod2text">pod2text</primary>
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| 313 | </indexterm>
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| 314 | </listitem>
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| 315 | </varlistentry>
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| 316 |
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| 317 | <varlistentry id="pod2usage">
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| 318 | <term><command>pod2usage</command></term>
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| 319 | <listitem>
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| 320 | <para>Prints usage messages from embedded pod docs in files</para>
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| 321 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-perl pod2usage">
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| 322 | <primary sortas="b-pod2usage">pod2usage</primary>
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| 323 | </indexterm>
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| 324 | </listitem>
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| 325 | </varlistentry>
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| 326 |
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| 327 | <varlistentry id="podchecker">
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| 328 | <term><command>podchecker</command></term>
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| 329 | <listitem>
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| 330 | <para>Checks the syntax of pod format documentation files</para>
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| 331 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-perl podchecker">
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| 332 | <primary sortas="b-podchecker">podchecker</primary>
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| 333 | </indexterm>
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| 334 | </listitem>
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| 335 | </varlistentry>
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| 336 |
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| 337 | <varlistentry id="podselect">
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| 338 | <term><command>podselect</command></term>
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| 339 | <listitem>
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| 340 | <para>Displays selected sections of pod documentation</para>
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| 341 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-perl podselect">
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| 342 | <primary sortas="b-podselect">podselect</primary>
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| 343 | </indexterm>
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| 344 | </listitem>
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| 345 | </varlistentry>
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| 346 |
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| 347 | <varlistentry id="prove">
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| 348 | <term><command>prove</command></term>
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| 349 | <listitem>
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| 350 | <para>A command-line tool for running tests against Test::Harness</para>
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| 351 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-perl prove">
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| 352 | <primary sortas="b-prove">prove</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="psed">
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| 358 | <term><command>psed</command></term>
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| 359 | <listitem>
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| 360 | <para>A Perl version of the stream editor <command>sed</command></para>
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| 361 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-perl psed">
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| 362 | <primary sortas="b-psed">psed</primary>
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| 363 | </indexterm>
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| 364 | </listitem>
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| 365 | </varlistentry>
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| 366 |
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| 367 | <varlistentry id="pstruct">
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| 368 | <term><command>pstruct</command></term>
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| 369 | <listitem>
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| 370 | <para>Dumps C structures as generated from <command>cc -g -S</command>
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| 371 | stabs</para>
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| 372 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-perl pstruct">
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| 373 | <primary sortas="b-pstruct">pstruct</primary>
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| 374 | </indexterm>
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| 375 | </listitem>
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| 376 | </varlistentry>
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| 377 |
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| 378 | <varlistentry id="s2p">
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| 379 | <term><command>s2p</command></term>
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| 380 | <listitem>
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| 381 | <para>Translates <command>sed</command> to Perl</para>
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| 382 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-perl s2p">
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| 383 | <primary sortas="b-s2p">s2p</primary>
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| 384 | </indexterm>
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| 385 | </listitem>
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| 386 | </varlistentry>
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| 387 |
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| 388 | <varlistentry id="splain">
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| 389 | <term><command>splain</command></term>
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| 390 | <listitem>
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| 391 | <para>Is used to force verbose warning diagnostics in Perl</para>
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| 392 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-perl splain">
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| 393 | <primary sortas="b-splain">splain</primary>
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| 394 | </indexterm>
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| 395 | </listitem>
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| 396 | </varlistentry>
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| 397 |
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| 398 | <varlistentry id="xsubpp">
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| 399 | <term><command>xsubpp</command></term>
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| 400 | <listitem>
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| 401 | <para>Converts Perl XS code into C code</para>
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| 402 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-perl xsubpp">
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| 403 | <primary sortas="b-xsubpp">xsubpp</primary>
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| 404 | </indexterm>
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| 405 | </listitem>
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| 406 | </varlistentry>
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| 407 |
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| 408 | </variablelist>
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| 409 |
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| 410 | </sect2>
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| 411 |
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| 412 | </sect1>
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