perl documentation

• perl - README
• perl - Changes
• perl - INSTALL
• perl - META.yml
• a2p - Awk to Perl translator  [view source]
• abbrev - create an abbreviation table from a list  [view source]
• AnyDBM_File - provide framework for multiple DBMs  [view source]
• attributes - get/set subroutine or variable attributes  [view source]
• attrs - set/get attributes of a subroutine (deprecated)  [view source]
• autouse - postpone load of modules until a function is used  [view source]
• B - The Perl Compiler  [view source]
• B::Concise - Walk Perl syntax tree, printing concise info about ops  [view source]
• B::Deparse - Perl compiler backend to produce perl code  [view source]
• B::Showlex - Show lexical variables used in functions or files  [view source]
• B::Terse - Walk Perl syntax tree, printing terse info about ops  [view source]
• B::Xref - Generates cross reference reports for Perl programs  [view source]
• Benchmark - benchmark running times of Perl code  [view source]
• blib - Use MakeMaker's uninstalled version of a package  [view source]
• bytes - Perl pragma to force byte semantics rather than character semantics  [view source]
• carp - warn of errors (from perspective of caller)  [view source]
• Carp::Heavy - heavy machinery, no user serviceable parts inside  [view source]
• charnames - define character names for C<\N{named}> string literal escapes  [view source]
• Class::Struct - declare struct-like datatypes as Perl classes  [view source]
• Config::Extensions - hash lookup of which core extensions were built.  [view source]
• CORE - Pseudo-namespace for Perl's core routines  [view source]
• CPerlBase - a C++ base class encapsulating a Perl interpreter in Symbian  [view source]
• DB - programmatic interface to the Perl debugging API  [view source]
• DBM_Filter - Filter DBM keys/values  [view source]
• DBM_Filter::compress - filter for DBM_Filter  [view source]
• DBM_Filter::encode - filter for DBM_Filter  [view source]
• DBM_Filter::int32 - filter for DBM_Filter  [view source]
• DBM_Filter::null - filter for DBM_Filter  [view source]
• DBM_Filter::utf8 - filter for DBM_Filter  [view source]
• Devel::DProf - a Perl code profiler  [view source]
• Devel::Peek - A data debugging tool for the XS programmer  [view source]
• Devel::SelfStubber - generate stubs for a SelfLoading module  [view source]
• diagnostics - diagnostics documentation  [view source]
• DirHandle - supply object methods for directory handles  [view source]
• Dumpvalue - provides screen dump of Perl data.  [view source]
• English - use nice English (or awk) names for ugly punctuation variables  [view source]
• Env - perl module that imports environment variables as scalars or arrays  [view source]
• ExtUtils::Embed - Utilities for embedding Perl in C/C++ applications  [view source]
• ExtUtils::XSSymSet - keep sets of symbol names palatable to the VMS linker  [view source]
• Fcntl - load the C Fcntl.h defines  [view source]
• feature - Perl pragma to enable new syntactic features  [view source]
• File::Basename - Parse file paths into directory, filename and suffix.  [view source]
• File::CheckTree - run many filetest checks on a tree  [view source]
• File::Compare - Compare files or filehandles  [view source]
• File::Copy - Copy files or filehandles  [view source]
• File::DosGlob - DOS like globbing and then some  [view source]
• File::Find - Traverse a directory tree.  [view source]
• File::Glob - Perl extension for BSD glob routine  [view source]
• File::stat - by-name interface to Perl's built-in stat() functions  [view source]
• FileCache - keep more files open than the system permits  [view source]
• FileHandle - supply object methods for filehandles  [view source]
• filetest - Perl pragma to control the filetest permission operators  [view source]
• FindBin - Locate directory of original perl script  [view source]
• FindExt  [view source]
• GDBM_File - Perl5 access to the gdbm library.  [view source]
• Getopt::Std - Getopt::Std documentation  [view source]
• GitUtils  [view source]
• Haiku - Interfaces to some Haiku API Functions  [view source]
• Hash::Util - A selection of general-utility hash subroutines  [view source]
• Hash::Util::FieldHash - Support for Inside-Out Classes  [view source]
• htmlescp - htmlescp documentation  [view source]
• htmllink - Test HTML links  [view source]
• htmlview - htmlview documentation  [view source]
• I18N::Collate - compare 8-bit scalar data according to the current locale  [view source]
• I18N::Langinfo - query locale information  [view source]
• I18N::LangTags - functions for dealing with RFC3066-style language tags  [view source]
• I18N::LangTags::Detect - detect the user's language preferences  [view source]
• I18N::LangTags::List - tags and names for human languages  [view source]
• integer - Perl pragma to use integer arithmetic instead of floating point  [view source]
• IPC::Open2 - IPC::Open2 documentation  [view source]
• IPC::Open3 - IPC::Open3 documentation  [view source]
• less - perl pragma to request less of something  [view source]
• locale - Perl pragma to use and avoid POSIX locales for built-in operations  [view source]
• Maintainers  [view source]
• Moped::Msg  [view source]
• mro - Method Resolution Order  [view source]
• NDBM_File - Tied access to ndbm files  [view source]
• Net::hostent - by-name interface to Perl's built-in gethost*() functions  [view source]
• Net::netent - by-name interface to Perl's built-in getnet*() functions  [view source]
• Net::protoent - by-name interface to Perl's built-in getproto*() functions  [view source]
• Net::servent - by-name interface to Perl's built-in getserv*() functions  [view source]
• Nomad  [view source]
• Note - does not return a number.  [view source]
• O - Generic interface to Perl Compiler backends  [view source]
• ODBM_File - Tied access to odbm files  [view source]
• Opcode - Disable named opcodes when compiling perl code  [view source]
• open - perl pragma to set default PerlIO layers for input and output  [view source]
• ops - Perl pragma to restrict unsafe operations when compiling  [view source]
• OptreeCheck - check optrees as rendered by B::Concise  [view source]
• OS2::DLL - access to DLLs with REXX calling convention.  [view source]
• OS2::ExtAttr - Perl access to extended attributes.  [view source]
• OS2::PrfDB - Perl extension for access to OS/2 setting database.  [view source]
• OS2::Process - exports constants for system() call, and process control on OS2.  [view source]
• OS2::REXX - access to DLLs with REXX calling convention and REXX runtime.  [view source]
• overload - Package for overloading Perl operations  [view source]
• overload::numbers  [view source]
• overloading - perl pragma to lexically control overloading  [view source]
• P5AST  [view source]
• P5re  [view source]
• perl - Practical Extraction and Report Language  [view source]
• perl5004delta - what's new for perl5.004  [view source]
• perl5005delta - what's new for perl5.005  [view source]
• perl5100delta - what is new for perl 5.10.0  [view source]
• perl5104delta - what is new for perl v5.10.4  [view source]
• perl561delta - what's new for perl v5.6.x  [view source]
• perl56delta - what's new for perl v5.6.0  [view source]
• perl570delta - what's new for perl v5.7.0  [view source]
• perl571delta - what's new for perl v5.7.1  [view source]
• perl572delta - what's new for perl v5.7.2  [view source]
• perl573delta - what's new for perl v5.7.3  [view source]
• perl581delta - what is new for perl v5.8.1  [view source]
• perl582delta - what is new for perl v5.8.2  [view source]
• perl583delta - what is new for perl v5.8.3  [view source]
• perl584delta - what is new for perl v5.8.4  [view source]
• perl585delta - what is new for perl v5.8.5  [view source]
• perl586delta - what is new for perl v5.8.6  [view source]
• perl587delta - what is new for perl v5.8.7  [view source]
• perl588delta - what is new for perl v5.8.8  [view source]
• perl589delta - what is new for perl v5.8.9  [view source]
• perl58delta - what is new for perl v5.8.0  [view source]
• perl590delta - what is new for perl v5.9.0  [view source]
• perl591delta - what is new for perl v5.9.1  [view source]
• perl592delta - what is new for perl v5.9.2  [view source]
• perl593delta - what is new for perl v5.9.3  [view source]
• perl594delta - what is new for perl v5.9.4  [view source]
• perl595delta - what is new for perl v5.9.5  [view source]
• perlapio - perl's IO abstraction interface.  [view source]
• perlartistic - the Perl Artistic License  [view source]
• perlbook - Perl book information  [view source]
• perlboot - Beginner's Object-Oriented Tutorial  [view source]
• perlbot - Bag'o Object Tricks (the BOT)  [view source]
• perlcall - Perl calling conventions from C  [view source]
• perlcheat - Perl 5 Cheat Sheet  [view source]
• perlclib - Internal replacements for standard C library functions  [view source]
• perlcommunity - a brief overview of the Perl community  [view source]
• perlcompile - Introduction to the Perl Compiler-Translator  [view source]
• perldata - Perl data types  [view source]
• perldbmfilter - Perl DBM Filters  [view source]
• perldebguts - Guts of Perl debugging  [view source]
• perldebtut - Perl debugging tutorial  [view source]
• perldebug - Perl debugging  [view source]
• perldelta - what is new for perl v5.10.1  [view source]
• perldiag - various Perl diagnostics  [view source]
• perldsc - Perl Data Structures Cookbook  [view source]
• perlebcdic - Considerations for running Perl on EBCDIC platforms  [view source]
• perlembed - how to embed perl in your C program  [view source]
• perlfaq - frequently asked questions about Perl  [view source]
• perlfaq1 - General Questions About Perl  [view source]
• perlfaq2 - Obtaining and Learning about Perl  [view source]
• perlfaq3 - Programming Tools  [view source]
• perlfaq4 - Data Manipulation  [view source]
• perlfaq5 - Files and Formats  [view source]
• perlfaq6 - Regular Expressions  [view source]
• perlfaq7 - General Perl Language Issues  [view source]
• perlfaq8 - System Interaction  [view source]
• perlfaq9 - Networking  [view source]
• perlfork - Perl's fork() emulation  [view source]
• perlform - Perl formats  [view source]
• perlfunc - Perl builtin functions  [view source]
• perlglossary - Perl Glossary  [view source]
• perlgpl - the GNU General Public License, version 2  [view source]
• perlguts - Introduction to the Perl API  [view source]
• perlhack - How to hack at the Perl internals  [view source]
• perlhist - the Perl history records  [view source]
• perlintro - a brief introduction and overview of Perl  [view source]
• PerlIO - On demand loader for PerlIO layers and root of PerlIO::* name space  [view source]
• PerlIO::encoding - encoding layer  [view source]
• PerlIO::scalar - in-memory IO, scalar IO  [view source]
• PerlIO::via - Helper class for PerlIO layers implemented in perl  [view source]
• perliol - C API for Perl's implementation of IO in Layers.  [view source]
• perlipc - Perl interprocess communication (signals, fifos, pipes, safe subprocesses, sockets, and semaphores)  [view source]
• perllexwarn - Perl Lexical Warnings  [view source]
• perllocale - Perl locale handling (internationalization and localization)  [view source]
• perllol - Manipulating Arrays of Arrays in Perl  [view source]
• perlmod - Perl modules (packages and symbol tables)  [view source]
• perlmodinstall - perl INSTALL  [view source]
• perlmodstyle - Perl module style guide  [view source]
• perlmroapi - Perl method resolution plugin interface  [view source]
• perlnewmod - preparing a new module for distribution  [view source]
• perlnumber - semantics of numbers and numeric operations in Perl  [view source]
• perlobj - Perl objects  [view source]
• perlop - Perl operators and precedence  [view source]
• perlopentut - tutorial on opening things in Perl  [view source]
• perlothrtut - old tutorial on threads in Perl  [view source]
• perlpacktut - tutorial on C and C  [view source]
• perlperf - Perl Performance and Optimization Techniques  [view source]
• perlpod - the Plain Old Documentation format  [view source]
• perlpodspec - Plain Old Documentation: format specification and notes  [view source]
• perlport - Writing portable Perl  [view source]
• perlpragma - how to write a user pragma  [view source]
• perlre - Perl regular expressions  [view source]
• perlreapi - perl regular expression plugin interface  [view source]
• perlrebackslash - Perl Regular Expression Backslash Sequences and Escapes  [view source]
• perlrecharclass - Perl Regular Expression Character Classes  [view source]
• perlref - Perl references and nested data structures  [view source]
• perlreftut - Mark's very short tutorial about references  [view source]
• perlreguts - Description of the Perl regular expression engine.  [view source]
• perlrepository - Using the Perl source repository  [view source]
• perlrequick - Perl regular expressions quick start  [view source]
• perlreref - Perl Regular Expressions Reference  [view source]
• perlretut - Perl regular expressions tutorial  [view source]
• perlrun - how to execute the Perl interpreter  [view source]
• perlsec - Perl security  [view source]
• perlstyle - Perl style guide  [view source]
• perlsub - Perl subroutines  [view source]
• perlsyn - Perl syntax  [view source]
• perlthrtut - Tutorial on threads in Perl  [view source]
• perltie - how to hide an object class in a simple variable  [view source]
• perltodo - Perl TO-DO List  [view source]
• perltooc - Tom's OO Tutorial for Class Data in Perl  [view source]
• perltoot - Tom's object-oriented tutorial for perl  [view source]
• perltrap - Perl traps for the unwary  [view source]
• perlunicode - Unicode support in Perl  [view source]
• perlunifaq - Perl Unicode FAQ  [view source]
• perluniintro - Perl Unicode introduction  [view source]
• perlunitut - Perl Unicode Tutorial  [view source]
• PerlUtil - a C++ utility class for Perl/Symbian  [view source]
• perlutil - utilities packaged with the Perl distribution  [view source]
• perlvar - Perl predefined variables  [view source]
• perlvms - VMS-specific documentation for Perl  [view source]
• perlxs - XS language reference manual  [view source]
• perlXStut - Tutorial for writing XSUBs  [view source]
• PLXML  [view source]
• Pod::Functions - Group Perl's functions a la perlfunc.pod  [view source]
• Pod::Html - module to convert pod files to HTML  [view source]
• Pod::Plainer - Perl extension for converting Pod to old style Pod.  [view source]
• POSIX - Perl interface to IEEE Std 1003.1  [view source]
• Pumpkin - Notes on handling the Perl Patch Pumpkin And Porting Perl  [view source]
• re - Perl pragma to alter regular expression behaviour  [view source]
• release_managers_guide - Releasing a new version of perl 5.x  [view source]
• SDBM_File - Tied access to sdbm files  [view source]
• Search::Dict - Search::Dict documentation  [view source]
• SelectSaver - save and restore selected file handle  [view source]
• sigtrap - Perl pragma to enable simple signal handling  [view source]
• sort - perl pragma to control sort() behaviour  [view source]
• strict - Perl pragma to restrict unsafe constructs  [view source]
• subs - Perl pragma to predeclare sub names  [view source]
• Symbol - manipulate Perl symbols and their names  [view source]
• Sys::Hostname - Try every conceivable way to get hostname  [view source]
• Term::Complete - Perl word completion module  [view source]
• Term::ReadLine - Perl interface to various C packages.  [view source]
• Thread - Manipulate threads in Perl (for old code only)  [view source]
• Tie::Array - base class for tied arrays  [view source]
• Tie::Handle - base class definitions for tied handles  [view source]
• Tie::Hash - Tie::Hash documentation  [view source]
• Tie::Hash::NamedCapture - Named regexp capture buffers  [view source]
• Tie::Memoize - add data to hash when needed  [view source]
• Tie::Scalar - Tie::Scalar documentation  [view source]
• Tie::StdHandle - base class definitions for tied handles  [view source]
• Tie::SubstrHash - Fixed-table-size, fixed-key-length hashing  [view source]
• Time::gmtime - by-name interface to Perl's built-in gmtime() function  [view source]
• Time::localtime - by-name interface to Perl's built-in localtime() function  [view source]
• Time::tm - internal object used by Time::gmtime and Time::localtime  [view source]
• Unicode::UCD - Unicode character database  [view source]
• UNIVERSAL - base class for ALL classes (blessed references)  [view source]
• User::grent - by-name interface to Perl's built-in getgr*() functions  [view source]
• User::pwent - by-name interface to Perl's built-in getpw*() functions  [view source]
• utf8 - Perl pragma to enable/disable UTF-8 (or UTF-EBCDIC) in source code  [view source]
• vars - Perl pragma to predeclare global variable names (obsolete)  [view source]
• VMS::DCLsym - Perl extension to manipulate DCL symbols  [view source]
• VMS::Filespec - convert between VMS and Unix file specification syntax  [view source]
• VMS::Stdio - standard I/O functions via VMS extensions  [view source]
• vmsish - Perl pragma to control VMS-specific language features  [view source]
• warnings - Perl pragma to control optional warnings  [view source]
• warnings::register - warnings import function  [view source]
• Win32CORE - Win32 CORE function stubs  [view source]
• XS::APItest - Test the perl C API  [view source]
• XS::Typemap - module to test the XS typemaps distributed with perl  [view source]