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2 | <!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.4//EN"
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3 | "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.4/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 | <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" \
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44 | -Dusethreads</userinput></screen>
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45 |
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46 | <variablelist os="c">
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47 | <title>The meaning of the configure option:</title>
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48 |
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49 | <varlistentry os="c1">
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50 | <term><parameter>-Dpager="/bin/less -isR"</parameter></term>
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51 | <listitem>
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52 | <para>This corrects an error in the way that <command>perldoc</command>
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53 | invokes the <command>less</command> program.</para>
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54 | </listitem>
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55 | </varlistentry>
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56 | <varlistentry os="c2">
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57 | <term><parameter>-Dman1dir=/usr/share/man/man1 -Dman3dir=/usr/share/man/man3</parameter></term>
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58 | <listitem>
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59 | <para>Since Groff is not installed yet,
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60 | <command>configure.gnu</command> thinks that we do not want
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61 | man pages for Perl. Issuing these parameters overrides this decision.</para>
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62 | </listitem>
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63 | </varlistentry>
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64 | <varlistentry os="c3">
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65 | <term><parameter>-Dusethreads</parameter></term>
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66 | <listitem>
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67 | <para>This tells Perl to use threads.</para>
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68 | </listitem>
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69 | </varlistentry>
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70 | </variablelist>
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71 |
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72 | <para os="d">Compile the package:</para>
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73 |
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74 | <screen os="e"><userinput>make</userinput></screen>
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75 |
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76 | <para os="h">To test the results, issue:
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77 | <userinput>make check</userinput>.</para>
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78 |
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79 | <para os="j">Install the package:</para>
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80 |
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81 | <screen os="k"><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>
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82 |
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83 | </sect2>
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84 |
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85 | <sect2 id="contents-perl" role="content">
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86 | <title>Contents of Perl</title>
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87 |
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88 | <segmentedlist>
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89 | <segtitle>Installed programs</segtitle>
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90 | <segtitle>Installed libraries</segtitle>
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91 |
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92 | <seglistitem>
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93 | <seg>a2p, c2ph, cpan, dprofpp, enc2xs, find2perl, h2ph, h2xs, instmodsh, libnetcfg,
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94 | perl, perl&perl-version; (link to perl), perlbug, perlcc, perldoc,
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95 | perlivp, piconv, pl2pm, pod2html, pod2latex, pod2man, pod2text,
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96 | pod2usage, podchecker, podselect, prove, psed (link to s2p), pstruct (link
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97 | to c2ph), s2p, splain, and xsubpp</seg>
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98 | <seg>Several hundred which cannot all be listed here</seg>
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99 | </seglistitem>
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100 | </segmentedlist>
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101 |
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102 | <variablelist>
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103 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
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104 | <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
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105 | <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
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106 |
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107 | <varlistentry id="a2p">
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108 | <term><command>a2p</command></term>
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109 | <listitem>
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110 | <para>Translates awk to Perl</para>
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111 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-perl a2p">
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112 | <primary sortas="b-a2p">a2p</primary>
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113 | </indexterm>
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114 | </listitem>
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115 | </varlistentry>
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116 |
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117 | <varlistentry id="c2ph">
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118 | <term><command>c2ph</command></term>
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119 | <listitem>
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120 | <para>Dumps C structures as generated from
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121 | <command>cc -g -S</command></para>
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122 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-perl c2ph">
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123 | <primary sortas="b-c2ph">c2ph</primary>
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124 | </indexterm>
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125 | </listitem>
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126 | </varlistentry>
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127 |
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128 | <varlistentry id="cpan">
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129 | <term><command>cpan</command></term>
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130 | <listitem>
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131 | <para>Shell script that provides a command interface to CPAN.pm</para>
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132 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-perl cpan">
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133 | <primary sortas="b-cpan">cpan</primary>
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134 | </indexterm>
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135 | </listitem>
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136 | </varlistentry>
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137 |
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138 | <varlistentry id="dprofpp">
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139 | <term><command>dprofpp</command></term>
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140 | <listitem>
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141 | <para>Displays Perl profile data</para>
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142 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-perl dprofpp">
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143 | <primary sortas="b-dprofpp">dprofpp</primary>
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144 | </indexterm>
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145 | </listitem>
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146 | </varlistentry>
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147 |
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148 | <varlistentry id="enc2xs">
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149 | <term><command>enc2xs</command></term>
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150 | <listitem>
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151 | <para>Builds a Perl extension for the Encode module from either
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152 | Unicode Character Mappings or Tcl Encoding Files</para>
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153 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-perl enc2xs">
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154 | <primary sortas="b-enc2xs">enc2xs</primary>
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155 | </indexterm>
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156 | </listitem>
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157 | </varlistentry>
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158 |
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159 | <varlistentry id="find2perl">
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160 | <term><command>find2perl</command></term>
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161 | <listitem>
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162 | <para>Translates <command>find</command> commands to Perl</para>
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163 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-perl find2perl">
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164 | <primary sortas="b-find2perl">find2perl</primary>
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165 | </indexterm>
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166 | </listitem>
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167 | </varlistentry>
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168 |
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169 | <varlistentry id="h2ph">
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170 | <term><command>h2ph</command></term>
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171 | <listitem>
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172 | <para>Converts <filename class="extension">.h</filename> C header
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173 | files to <filename class="extension">.ph</filename> Perl header
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174 | files</para>
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175 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-perl h2ph">
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176 | <primary sortas="b-h2ph">h2ph</primary>
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177 | </indexterm>
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178 | </listitem>
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179 | </varlistentry>
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180 |
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181 | <varlistentry id="h2xs">
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182 | <term><command>h2xs</command></term>
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183 | <listitem>
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184 | <para>Converts <filename class="extension">.h</filename> C header
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185 | files to Perl extensions</para>
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186 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-perl h2xs">
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187 | <primary sortas="b-h2xs">h2xs</primary>
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188 | </indexterm>
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189 | </listitem>
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190 | </varlistentry>
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191 |
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192 | <varlistentry id="libnetcfg">
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193 | <term><command>libnetcfg</command></term>
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194 | <listitem>
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195 | <para>Can be used to configure the
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196 | <filename class="libraryfile">libnet</filename></para>
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197 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-perl libnetcfg">
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198 | <primary sortas="b-libnetcfg">libnetcfg</primary>
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199 | </indexterm>
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200 | </listitem>
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201 | </varlistentry>
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202 |
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203 | <varlistentry id="instmodsh">
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204 | <term><command>instmodsh</command></term>
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205 | <listitem>
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206 | <para>A shell script for examining installed Perl modules,
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207 | and can even create a tarball from an installed module</para>
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208 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-perl instmodsh">
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209 | <primary sortas="b-instmodsh">instmodsh</primary>
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210 | </indexterm>
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211 | </listitem>
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212 | </varlistentry>
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213 |
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214 | <varlistentry id="perl">
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215 | <term><command>perl</command></term>
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216 | <listitem>
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217 | <para>Combines some of the best features of C, <command>sed</command>,
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218 | <command>awk</command> and <command>sh</command> into a single
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219 | swiss-army-knife language</para>
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220 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-perl perl">
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221 | <primary sortas="b-perl">perl</primary>
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222 | </indexterm>
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223 | </listitem>
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224 | </varlistentry>
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225 |
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226 | <varlistentry id="perl-version">
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227 | <term><command>perl&perl-version;</command></term>
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228 | <listitem>
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229 | <para>A hard link to <command>perl</command></para>
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230 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-perl perl-version">
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231 | <primary sortas="b-perl&perl-version;">perl&perl-version;</primary>
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232 | </indexterm>
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233 | </listitem>
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234 | </varlistentry>
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235 |
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236 | <varlistentry id="perlbug">
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237 | <term><command>perlbug</command></term>
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238 | <listitem>
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239 | <para>Used to generate bug reports about Perl, or the modules that come
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240 | with it, and mail them</para>
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241 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-perl perlbug">
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242 | <primary sortas="b-perlbug">perlbug</primary>
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243 | </indexterm>
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244 | </listitem>
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245 | </varlistentry>
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246 |
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247 | <varlistentry id="perlcc">
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248 | <term><command>perlcc</command></term>
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249 | <listitem>
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250 | <para>Generates executables from Perl programs</para>
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251 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-perl perlcc">
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252 | <primary sortas="b-perlcc">perlcc</primary>
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253 | </indexterm>
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254 | </listitem>
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255 | </varlistentry>
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256 |
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257 | <varlistentry id="perldoc">
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258 | <term><command>perldoc</command></term>
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259 | <listitem>
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260 | <para>Displays a piece of documentation in pod format that is embedded
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261 | in the Perl installation tree or in a Perl script</para>
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262 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-perl perldoc">
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263 | <primary sortas="b-perldoc">perldoc</primary>
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264 | </indexterm>
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265 | </listitem>
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266 | </varlistentry>
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267 |
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268 | <varlistentry id="perlivp">
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269 | <term><command>perlivp</command></term>
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270 | <listitem>
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271 | <para>The Perl Installation Verification Procedure; it can be used to
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272 | verify that Perl and its libraries have been installed
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273 | correctly</para>
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274 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-perl perlivp">
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275 | <primary sortas="b-perlivp">perlivp</primary>
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276 | </indexterm>
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277 | </listitem>
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278 | </varlistentry>
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279 |
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280 | <varlistentry id="piconv">
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281 | <term><command>piconv</command></term>
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282 | <listitem>
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283 | <para>A Perl version of the character encoding converter
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284 | <command>iconv</command></para>
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285 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-perl piconv">
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286 | <primary sortas="b-piconv">piconv</primary>
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287 | </indexterm>
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288 | </listitem>
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289 | </varlistentry>
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290 |
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291 | <varlistentry id="pl2pm">
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292 | <term><command>pl2pm</command></term>
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293 | <listitem>
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294 | <para>A rough tool for converting Perl4
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295 | <filename class="extension">.pl</filename> files to Perl5
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296 | <filename class="extension">.pm</filename> modules</para>
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297 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-perl pl2pm">
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298 | <primary sortas="b-pl2pm">pl2pm</primary>
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299 | </indexterm>
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300 | </listitem>
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301 | </varlistentry>
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302 |
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303 | <varlistentry id="pod2html">
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304 | <term><command>pod2html</command></term>
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305 | <listitem>
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306 | <para>Converts files from pod format to HTML format</para>
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307 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-perl pod2html">
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308 | <primary sortas="b-pod2html">pod2html</primary>
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309 | </indexterm>
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310 | </listitem>
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311 | </varlistentry>
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312 |
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313 | <varlistentry id="pod2latex">
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314 | <term><command>pod2latex</command></term>
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315 | <listitem>
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316 | <para>Converts files from pod format to LaTeX format</para>
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317 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-perl pod2latex">
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318 | <primary sortas="b-pod2latex">pod2latex</primary>
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319 | </indexterm>
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320 | </listitem>
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321 | </varlistentry>
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322 |
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323 | <varlistentry id="pod2man">
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324 | <term><command>pod2man</command></term>
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325 | <listitem>
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326 | <para>Converts pod data to formatted *roff input</para>
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327 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-perl pod2man">
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328 | <primary sortas="b-pod2man">pod2man</primary>
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329 | </indexterm>
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330 | </listitem>
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331 | </varlistentry>
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332 |
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333 | <varlistentry id="pod2text">
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334 | <term><command>pod2text</command></term>
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335 | <listitem>
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336 | <para>Converts pod data to formatted ASCII text</para>
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337 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-perl pod2text">
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338 | <primary sortas="b-pod2text">pod2text</primary>
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339 | </indexterm>
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340 | </listitem>
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341 | </varlistentry>
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342 |
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343 | <varlistentry id="pod2usage">
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344 | <term><command>pod2usage</command></term>
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345 | <listitem>
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346 | <para>Prints usage messages from embedded pod docs in files</para>
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347 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-perl pod2usage">
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348 | <primary sortas="b-pod2usage">pod2usage</primary>
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349 | </indexterm>
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350 | </listitem>
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351 | </varlistentry>
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352 |
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353 | <varlistentry id="podchecker">
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354 | <term><command>podchecker</command></term>
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355 | <listitem>
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356 | <para>Checks the syntax of pod format documentation files</para>
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357 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-perl podchecker">
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358 | <primary sortas="b-podchecker">podchecker</primary>
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359 | </indexterm>
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360 | </listitem>
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361 | </varlistentry>
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362 |
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363 | <varlistentry id="podselect">
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364 | <term><command>podselect</command></term>
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365 | <listitem>
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366 | <para>Displays selected sections of pod documentation</para>
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367 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-perl podselect">
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368 | <primary sortas="b-podselect">podselect</primary>
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369 | </indexterm>
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370 | </listitem>
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371 | </varlistentry>
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372 |
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373 | <varlistentry id="prove">
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374 | <term><command>prove</command></term>
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375 | <listitem>
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376 | <para>A command-line tool for running tests against Test::Harness</para>
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377 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-perl prove">
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378 | <primary sortas="b-prove">prove</primary>
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379 | </indexterm>
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380 | </listitem>
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381 | </varlistentry>
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382 |
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383 | <varlistentry id="psed">
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384 | <term><command>psed</command></term>
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385 | <listitem>
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386 | <para>A Perl version of the stream editor <command>sed</command></para>
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387 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-perl psed">
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388 | <primary sortas="b-psed">psed</primary>
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389 | </indexterm>
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390 | </listitem>
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391 | </varlistentry>
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392 |
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393 | <varlistentry id="pstruct">
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394 | <term><command>pstruct</command></term>
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395 | <listitem>
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396 | <para>Dumps C structures as generated from <command>cc -g -S</command>
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397 | stabs</para>
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398 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-perl pstruct">
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399 | <primary sortas="b-pstruct">pstruct</primary>
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400 | </indexterm>
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401 | </listitem>
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402 | </varlistentry>
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403 |
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404 | <varlistentry id="s2p">
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405 | <term><command>s2p</command></term>
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406 | <listitem>
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407 | <para>Translates <command>sed</command> to Perl</para>
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408 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-perl s2p">
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409 | <primary sortas="b-s2p">s2p</primary>
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410 | </indexterm>
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411 | </listitem>
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412 | </varlistentry>
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413 |
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414 | <varlistentry id="splain">
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415 | <term><command>splain</command></term>
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416 | <listitem>
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417 | <para>Is used to force verbose warning diagnostics in Perl</para>
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418 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-perl splain">
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419 | <primary sortas="b-splain">splain</primary>
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420 | </indexterm>
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421 | </listitem>
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422 | </varlistentry>
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423 |
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424 | <varlistentry id="xsubpp">
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425 | <term><command>xsubpp</command></term>
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426 | <listitem>
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427 | <para>Converts Perl XS code into C code</para>
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428 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-perl xsubpp">
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429 | <primary sortas="b-xsubpp">xsubpp</primary>
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430 | </indexterm>
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431 | </listitem>
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432 | </varlistentry>
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433 |
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434 | </variablelist>
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438 | </sect1>
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