Section 1: user commands and tools
NAME perltidy – a perl script indenter and reformatter SYNOPSIS perltidy[options] file1 file2 file3…(output goes to file1.tdy, file2.tdy, file3.tdy, …) perltidy[options] file1 – o outfile perltidy[options] file1 – st > outfile perltidy[options]<infile> outfile DESCRIPTION Perltidy reads a perl script and writes an indented, reformatted script. Many users will find enough information in “EXAMPLES” to get…
NAME perlthrtut – Tutorial on threads in Perl DESCRIPTION This tutorial describes the use of Perl interpreter threads (sometimes referred to as ithreads). In this model, each thread runs in its own Perl interpreter, and any data sharing between threads must be explicit. The user-level interface for ithreads uses the threads class. NOTE: There was…
NAME perlbug – how to submit bug reports on Perl SYNOPSIS perlbug perlbug [ -v ] [ -a address ] [ -s subject ] [ -b body | -f inputfile ] [ -F outputfile ] [ -r returnaddress ] [ -e editor ] [ -c adminaddress | -C ] [ -S ] [ -t ] [ -d ] [ -h ] [ -T ] perlbug [ -v ] [ -r returnaddress ] [ -ok | -okay | -nok | -nokay ] perlthanks DESCRIPTION This program is designed to help you generate bug reports (and thank-you notes) about perl5 and the modules which ship with it. In…
NAME perltex – enable LaTeX macros to be defined in terms of Perl code SYNOPSIS perltex [–help] [–latex=program] [—[no]safe] [–permit=feature] [–makesty] [latex options] DESCRIPTION LaTeX — through the underlying TeX typesetting system — produces beautifully typeset documents but has a macro language that is difficult to program. In particular, support for complex string manipulation is…
NAME perlsynology – Perl 5 on Synology DSM systems DESCRIPTION Synology manufactures a vast number of Network Attached Storage (NAS) devices that are very popular in large organisations as well as small businesses and homes. The NAS systems are equipped with Synology Disk Storage Manager (DSM), which is a trimmed-down Linux system enhanced with several…
NAME perlsyn – Perl syntax DESCRIPTION A Perl program consists of a sequence of declarations and statements which run from the top to the bottom. Loops, subroutines, and other control structures allow you to jump around within the code. Perl is a free-form language: you can format and indent it however you like. Whitespace serves…
NAME perlsymbian – Perl version 5 on Symbian OS DESCRIPTION This document describes various features of the Symbian operating system that will affect how Perl version 5 (hereafter just Perl) is compiled and/or runs. NOTE: this port (as of 0.4.1) does not compile into a Symbian OS GUI application, but instead it results in a…
NAME perlsub – Perl subroutines SYNOPSIS To declare subroutines: sub NAME; #A “forward” declaration.sub NAME(PROTO); #ditto, but with prototypes sub NAME : ATTRS; #with attributes sub NAME(PROTO) : ATTRS; #with attributes and prototypes sub NAME BLOCK #A declaration and a definition.sub NAME(PROTO) BLOCK #ditto, but with prototypes sub NAME : ATTRS BLOCK #with attributes sub…
NAME perlstyle – Perl style guide DESCRIPTION Each programmer will, of course, have his or her own preferences in regards to formatting, but there are some general guidelines that will make your programs easier to read, understand, and maintain. The most important thing is to run your programs under the -w flag at all times….
NAME perlsource – A guide to the Perl source tree DESCRIPTION This document describes the layout of the Perl source tree. If you’re hacking on the Perl core, this will help you find what you’re looking for. FINDING YOUR WAY AROUND The Perl source tree is big. Here’s some of the thing you’ll find in…
NAME perlsolaris – Perl version 5 on Solaris systems DESCRIPTION This document describes various features of Sun’s Solaris operating system that will affect how Perl version 5 (hereafter just perl) is compiled and/or runs. Some issues relating to the older SunOS 4.x are also discussed, though they may be out of date. For the most…
NAME perlsh – one-line perl evaluator with line editing function and variable name completion function SYNOPSIS perlsh DESCRIPTION This program reads input a line, and evaluates it by perl interpreter, and prints the result. If the result is a list value then each value of the list is printed line by line. This program…
NAME perlsec – Perl security DESCRIPTION Perl is designed to make it easy to program securely even when running with extra privileges, like setuid or setgid programs. Unlike most command line shells, which are based on multiple substitution passes on each line of the script, Perl uses a more conventional evaluation scheme with fewer hidden…
NAME perlrun – how to execute the Perl interpreter SYNOPSIS perl [ -sTtuUWX ] [ -hv ] [ -V[:configvar] ] [ -cw ] [ -d[t][:debugger] ] [ -D[number/list] ] [ -pna ] [ -Fpattern ] [ -l[octal] ] [ -0[octal/hexadecimal] ] [ -Idir ] [ -m[–]module ] [ -M[–]‘module…’ ] [ -f ] [ -C [number/list] ] [ -S ] [ -x[dir] ] [ -i[extension] ] [ [-e|-E] ‘command’ ] [ — ] [ programfile ] [ argument ]… DESCRIPTION The normal way to run a Perl program is by making it directly executable, or else by passing the name of the source file as an argument on the command line. (An interactive Perl…
NAME perlriscos – Perl version 5 for RISC OS DESCRIPTION This document gives instructions for building Perl for RISC OS. It is complicated by the need to cross compile. There is a binary version of perl available from <http://www.cp15.org/perl/> which you may wish to use instead of trying to compile it yourself. BUILD You need…
NAME perlretut – Perl regular expressions tutorial DESCRIPTION This page provides a basic tutorial on understanding, creating and using regular expressions in Perl. It serves as a complement to the reference page on regular expressions perlre. Regular expressions are an integral part of the "m//", "s///", "qr//" and "split" operators and so this tutorial also…
NAME perlreref – Perl Regular Expressions Reference DESCRIPTION This is a quick reference to Perl’s regular expressions. For full information see perlre and perlop, as well as the “SEE ALSO” section in this document. OPERATORS "=~" determines to which variable the regex is applied. In its absence, $_ is used. $var =~ /foo/; "!~" determines…
NAME perlrequick – Perl regular expressions quick start DESCRIPTION This page covers the very basics of understanding, creating and using regular expressions (‘regexes’) in Perl. The Guide This page assumes you already know things, like what a “pattern” is, and the basic syntax of using them. If you don’t, see perlretut. Simple word matching The…
NAME perlrepository – Links to current information on the Perl source repository DESCRIPTION Perl’s source code is stored in a Git repository. See perlhack for an explanation of Perl development, including the Super Quick Patch Guide for making and submitting a small patch. See perlgit for detailed information about Perl’s Git repository. (The above documents…
NAME perlreguts – Description of the Perl regular expression engine. DESCRIPTION This document is an attempt to shine some light on the guts of the regex engine and how it works. The regex engine represents a significant chunk of the perl codebase, but is relatively poorly understood. This document is a meagre attempt at addressing…