Doculus: Perl - Larry Wall's Practical Extraction and Report Language

Package: Perl

Larry Wall's Practical Extraction and Report Language

Category: Development / Languages

Version: 5.8.8-r5

Homepage: http://www.perl.org/

License: Artistic GPL-2

Source size: 9,886 kB (compressed)

Manuals

User commands

a2p(1): Awk to Perl translator
c2ph(1): C2ph, pstruct - Dump C structures as generated from "cc -g -S" stabs
cpan(1): Easily interact with CPAN from the command line
dprofpp(1): Display perl profile data
enc2xs(1): Enc2xs -- Perl Encode Module Generator
find2perl(1): Translate find command lines to Perl code
h2ph(1): Convert .h C header files to .ph Perl header files
h2xs(1): Convert .h C header files to Perl extensions
instmodsh(1): A shell to examine installed modules
libnetcfg(1): Configure libnet
perl(1): Practical Extraction and Report Language
perl5004delta(1): What's new for perl5.004
perl5005delta(1): What's new for perl5.005
perl561delta(1): What's new for perl v5.6.x
perl56delta(1): What's new for perl v5.6.0
perl570delta(1): What's new for perl v5.7.0
perl571delta(1): What's new for perl v5.7.1
perl572delta(1): What's new for perl v5.7.2
perl573delta(1): What's new for perl v5.7.3
perl581delta(1): What is new for perl v5.8.1
perl582delta(1): What is new for perl v5.8.2
perl583delta(1): What is new for perl v5.8.3
perl584delta(1): What is new for perl v5.8.4
perl585delta(1): What is new for perl v5.8.5
perl586delta(1): What is new for perl v5.8.6
perl587delta(1): What is new for perl v5.8.7
perl588delta(1): What is new for perl v5.8.8
perl58delta(1): What is new for perl v5.8.0
perlaix(1): Perl version 5 on IBM Unix (AIX) systems
perlamiga(1): Perl under Amiga OS
perlapi(1): Autogenerated documentation for the perl public API
perlapio(1): Perl's IO abstraction interface.
perlapollo(1): Perl version 5 on Apollo DomainOS
perlartistic(1): The Perl Artistic License
perlbeos(1): Perl version 5.8+ on BeOS
perlbook(1): Perl book information
perlboot(1): Beginner's Object-Oriented Tutorial
perlbot(1): Bag'o Object Tricks (the BOT)
perlbs2000(1): Building and installing Perl for BS2000.
perlbug(1): How to submit bug reports on Perl
perlcall(1): Perl calling conventions from C
perlcc(1): Generate executables from Perl programs
perlce(1): Perl for WinCE
perlcheat(1): Perl 5 Cheat Sheet
perlclib(1): Internal replacements for standard C library functions
perlcn(1): �� Perl ָ��
perlcompile(1): Introduction to the Perl Compiler-Translator
perlcygwin(1): Perl for Cygwin
perldata(1): Perl data types
perldbmfilter(1): Perl DBM Filters
perldebguts(1): Guts of Perl debugging
perldebtut(1): Perl debugging tutorial
perldebug(1)
perldelta(1): What is new for perl v5.8.8
perldgux(1): Perldgux - Perl under DG/UX.
perldiag(1): Various Perl diagnostics
perldoc(1): Look up Perl documentation in Pod format.
perldos(1): Perl under DOS, W31, W95.
perldsc(1)
perlebcdic(1): Considerations for running Perl on EBCDIC platforms
perlembed(1): How to embed perl in your C program
perlepoc(1): Perl for EPOC
perlfaq(1): Frequently asked questions about Perl
perlfaq1(1): Perlfaq1 - General Questions About Perl ($Revision: 1.19 $, $Date: 2005/12/31 00:54:37 $)
perlfaq2(1): Perlfaq2 - Obtaining and Learning about Perl ($Revision: 1.39 $, $Date: 2006/01/08 14:27:07 $)
perlfaq3(1): Perlfaq3 - Programming Tools ($Revision: 1.56 $, $Date: 2005/12/31 00:54:37 $)
perlfaq4(1): Perlfaq4 - Data Manipulation ($Revision: 1.73 $, $Date: 2005/12/31 00:54:37 $)
perlfaq5(1): Perlfaq5 - Files and Formats ($Revision: 1.42 $, $Date: 2005/12/31 00:54:37 $)
perlfaq6(1): Perlfaq6 - Regular Expressions ($Revision: 1.38 $, $Date: 2005/12/31 00:54:37 $)
perlfaq7(1): Perlfaq7 - General Perl Language Issues ($Revision: 1.28 $, $Date: 2005/12/31 00:54:37 $)
perlfaq8(1): Perlfaq8 - System Interaction ($Revision: 1.27 $, $Date: 2005/12/31 00:54:37 $)
perlfaq9(1): Perlfaq9 - Networking ($Revision: 1.28 $, $Date: 2005/12/31 00:54:37 $)
perlfilter(1): Source Filters
perlfork(1): Perl's fork() emulation
perlform(1)
perlfreebsd(1): Perl version 5 on FreeBSD systems
perlfunc(1)
perlglossary(1): Perl Glossary
perlgpl(1): The GNU General Public License, version 2
perlguts(1): Introduction to the Perl API
perlhack(1): How to hack at the Perl internals
perlhist(1): The Perl history records
perlhpux(1): Perl version 5 on Hewlett-Packard Unix (HP-UX) systems
perlhurd(1): Perl version 5 on Hurd
perlintern(1): Perlintern - autogenerated documentation of purely internal
perlintro(1): Perlintro -- a brief introduction and overview of Perl
perliol(1): C API for Perl's implementation of IO in Layers.
perlipc(1): Perl interprocess communication (signals, fifos, pipes, safe subprocesses, sockets, and semaphores)
perlirix(1): Perl version 5 on Irix systems
perlivp(1): Perl Installation Verification Procedure
perljp(1): ��ܸ� Perl ��
perlko(1): Perl�� ѱ�� ڵ�
perllexwarn(1)
perllinux(1): Perl version 5 on Linux systems
perllocale(1): Perl locale handling (internationalization and localization)
perllol(1): Manipulating Arrays of Arrays in Perl
perlmachten(1): Perl version 5 on Power MachTen systems
perlmacos(1): Perl under Mac OS (Classic)
perlmacosx(1): Perl under Mac OS X
perlmint(1): Perl version 5 on Atari MiNT
perlmod(1): Perl modules (packages and symbol tables)
perlmodinstall(1): Installing CPAN Modules
perlmodlib(1): Constructing new Perl modules and finding existing ones
perlmodstyle(1): Perl module style guide
perlmpeix(1): README.mpeix - Perl/iX for HP e3000 MPE
perlnetware(1): Perl for NetWare
perlnewmod(1): Preparing a new module for distribution
perlnumber(1): Semantics of numbers and numeric operations in Perl
perlobj(1)
perlop(1)
perlopenbsd(1): Perl version 5 on OpenBSD systems
perlopentut(1): Tutorial on opening things in Perl
perlos2(1): Perlos2 - Perl under OS/2, DOS, Win0.3*, Win0.95 and WinNT.
perlos390(1): README.os390 - building and installing Perl for OS/390 and z/OS
perlos400(1): README.os400 - Perl version 5 on OS/400
perlothrtut(1): Old tutorial on threads in Perl
perlpacktut(1): Perlpacktut - tutorial on "pack" and "unpack"
perlplan9(1): Plan 9-specific documentation for Perl
perlpod(1)
perlpodspec(1): Plain Old Documentation: format specification and notes
perlport(1): Writing portable Perl
perlqnx(1): Perl version 5 on QNX
perlre(1)
perlref(1)
perlreftut(1): Mark's very short tutorial about references
perlrequick(1): Perl regular expressions quick start
perlreref(1): Perl Regular Expressions Reference
perlretut(1): Perl regular expressions tutorial
perlrun(1): How to execute the Perl interpreter
perlsec(1): Perl security
perlsolaris(1): Perl version 5 on Solaris systems
perlstyle(1): Perl style guide
perlsub(1)
perlsyn(1)
perlthrtut(1): Tutorial on threads in Perl
perltie(1)
perltoc(1): Perl documentation table of contents
perltodo(1): Perl TO-DO List
perltooc(1): Tom's OO Tutorial for Class Data in Perl
perltoot(1): Tom's object-oriented tutorial for perl
perltrap(1): Perl traps for the unwary
perltru64(1): README.tru64 - Perl version 5 on Tru64 (formerly known as Digital UNIX formerly known as DEC OSF/1) systems
perltw(1): ��餤�� Perl ��n
perlunicode(1): Unicode support in Perl
perluniintro(1): Perl Unicode introduction
perlutil(1): Utilities packaged with the Perl distribution
perluts(1): Perl under UTS
perlvar(1): Perl predefined variables
perlvmesa(1): README.vmesa - building and installing Perl for VM/ESA.
perlvms(1): VMS-specific documentation for Perl
perlvos(1): Perl for Stratus VOS
perlwin32(1): Perl under Windows
perlxs(1): XS language reference manual
perlxstut(1): Tutorial for writing XSUBs
piconv(1): Piconv -- iconv(1), reinvented in perl
pl2pm(1): Rough tool to translate Perl4 .pl files to Perl5 .pm modules.
pod2html(1): Convert .pod files to .html files
pod2latex(1): Convert pod documentation to latex format
pod2man(1): Convert POD data to formatted *roff input
pod2text(1): Convert POD data to formatted ASCII text
psed(1): A stream editor
pstruct(1): C2ph, pstruct - Dump C structures as generated from "cc -g -S" stabs
s2p(1): A stream editor
splain(1): Produce verbose warning diagnostics
xsubpp(1): Compiler to convert Perl XS code into C code

Library functions

AnyDBM_File(3pm): Provide framework for multiple DBMs
Attribute::Handlers(3pm): Simpler definition of attribute handlers
AutoLoader(3pm): Load subroutines only on demand
AutoSplit(3pm): Split a package for autoloading
B(3pm): The Perl Compiler
B::Asmdata(3pm): Autogenerated data about Perl ops, used to generate bytecode
B::Assembler(3pm): Assemble Perl bytecode
B::Bblock(3pm): Walk basic blocks
B::Bytecode(3pm): Perl compiler's bytecode backend
B::C(3pm): Perl compiler's C backend
B::CC(3pm): Perl compiler's optimized C translation backend
B::Concise(3pm): Walk Perl syntax tree, printing concise info about ops
B::Debug(3pm): Walk Perl syntax tree, printing debug info about ops
B::Deparse(3pm): Perl compiler backend to produce perl code
B::Disassembler(3pm): Disassemble Perl bytecode
B::Lint(3pm): Perl lint
B::Showlex(3pm): Show lexical variables used in functions or files
B::Stackobj(3pm): Helper module for CC backend
B::Stash(3pm): Show what stashes are loaded
B::Terse(3pm): Walk Perl syntax tree, printing terse info about ops
B::Xref(3pm): Generates cross reference reports for Perl programs
Benchmark(3pm): Benchmark running times of Perl code
ByteLoader(3pm): Load byte compiled perl code
CGI(3pm): Simple Common Gateway Interface Class
CGI::Apache(3pm): Backward compatibility module for CGI.pm
CGI::Carp(3pm): CGI::Carp - CGI routines for writing to the HTTPD (or other) error log
CGI::Cookie(3pm): Interface to Netscape Cookies
CGI::Fast(3pm): CGI Interface for Fast CGI
CGI::Pretty(3pm): Module to produce nicely formatted HTML code
CGI::Push(3pm): Simple Interface to Server Push
CGI::Switch(3pm): Backward compatibility module for defunct CGI::Switch
CGI::Util(3pm): Internal utilities used by CGI module
CPAN(3pm): Query, download and build perl modules from CPAN sites
CPAN::FirstTime(3pm): Utility for CPAN::Config file Initialization
CPAN::Nox(3pm): Wrapper around CPAN.pm without using any XS module
Carp(3pm): Warn of errors (from perspective of caller)
Carp::Heavy(3pm): Heavy machinery, no user serviceable parts inside
Class::ISA(3pm): Class::ISA -- report the search path for a class's ISA tree
Class::Struct(3pm): Declare struct-like datatypes as Perl classes
Config(3pm): Access Perl configuration information
Cwd(3pm): Get pathname of current working directory
DB(3pm): Programmatic interface to the Perl debugging API (draft, subject to
DBM_Filter(3pm): DBM_Filter -- Filter DBM keys/values
DBM_Filter::compress(3pm)
DBM_Filter::encode(3pm)
DBM_Filter::int32(3pm)
DBM_Filter::null(3pm)
DBM_Filter::utf8(3pm)
DB_File(3pm): Perl5 access to Berkeley DB version 1.x
Data::Dumper(3pm): Data::Dumper - stringified perl data structures, suitable for both printing and "eval"
Devel::DProf(3pm): A Perl code profiler
Devel::PPPort(3pm): Devel::PPPort - Perl/Pollution/Portability
Devel::Peek(3pm): A data debugging tool for the XS programmer
Devel::SelfStubber(3pm): Generate stubs for a SelfLoading module
Digest(3pm): Modules that calculate message digests
Digest::MD5(3pm): Perl interface to the MD5 Algorithm
Digest::base(3pm): Digest base class
Digest::file(3pm): Calculate digests of files
DirHandle(3pm): Supply object methods for directory handles
Dumpvalue(3pm): Provides screen dump of Perl data.
DynaLoader(3pm): Dynamically load C libraries into Perl code
Encode(3pm): Character encodings
Encode::Alias(3pm): Alias definitions to encodings
Encode::Byte(3pm): Single Byte Encodings
Encode::CJKConstants(3pm): Encode::CJKConstants.pm -- Internally used by Encode::??::ISO_2022_*
Encode::CN(3pm): China-based Chinese Encodings
Encode::CN::HZ(3pm): Encode::CN::HZ -- internally used by Encode::CN
Encode::Config(3pm): Encode::Config -- internally used by Encode
Encode::EBCDIC(3pm): EBCDIC Encodings
Encode::Encoder(3pm): Encode::Encoder -- Object Oriented Encoder
Encode::Encoding(3pm): Encode Implementation Base Class
Encode::Guess(3pm): Encode::Guess -- Guesses encoding from data
Encode::JP(3pm): Japanese Encodings
Encode::JP::H2Z(3pm): Encode::JP::H2Z -- internally used by Encode::JP::2022_JP*
Encode::JP::JIS7(3pm): Encode::JP::JIS7 -- internally used by Encode::JP
Encode::KR(3pm): Korean Encodings
Encode::KR::2022_KR(3pm): Encode::KR::2022_KR -- internally used by Encode::KR
Encode::MIME::Header(3pm): Encode::MIME::Header -- MIME 'B' and 'Q' header encoding
Encode::PerlIO(3pm): Encode::PerlIO -- a detailed document on Encode and PerlIO
Encode::Supported(3pm): Encode::Supported -- Encodings supported by Encode
Encode::Symbol(3pm): Symbol Encodings
Encode::TW(3pm): Taiwan-based Chinese Encodings
Encode::Unicode(3pm): Encode::Unicode -- Various Unicode Transformation Formats
Encode::Unicode::UTF7(3pm): Encode::Unicode::UTF7 -- UTF-7 encoding
English(3pm): Use nice English (or awk) names for ugly punctuation variables
Env(3pm): Perl module that imports environment variables as scalars or arrays
Errno(3pm): System errno constants
Exporter(3pm): Implements default import method for modules
Exporter::Heavy(3pm): Exporter guts
ExtUtils::Command(3pm): Utilities to replace common UNIX commands in Makefiles etc.
ExtUtils::Command::MM(3pm): Commands for the MM's to use in Makefiles
ExtUtils::Constant(3pm): Generate XS code to import C header constants
ExtUtils::Constant::Base(3pm): Base class for ExtUtils::Constant objects
ExtUtils::Constant::Utils(3pm): Helper functions for ExtUtils::Constant
ExtUtils::Constant::XS(3pm): Base class for ExtUtils::Constant objects
ExtUtils::Embed(3pm): ExtUtils::Embed - Utilities for embedding Perl in C/C++ applications
ExtUtils::Install(3pm): Install files from here to there
ExtUtils::Installed(3pm): Inventory management of installed modules
ExtUtils::Liblist(3pm): Determine libraries to use and how to use them
ExtUtils::MM(3pm): OS adjusted ExtUtils::MakeMaker subclass
ExtUtils::MM_AIX(3pm): AIX specific subclass of ExtUtils::MM_Unix
ExtUtils::MM_Any(3pm): Platform-agnostic MM methods
ExtUtils::MM_BeOS(3pm): Methods to override UN*X behaviour in ExtUtils::MakeMaker
ExtUtils::MM_Cygwin(3pm): Methods to override UN*X behaviour in ExtUtils::MakeMaker
ExtUtils::MM_DOS(3pm): DOS specific subclass of ExtUtils::MM_Unix
ExtUtils::MM_MacOS(3pm): Once produced Makefiles for MacOS Classic
ExtUtils::MM_NW5(3pm): Methods to override UN*X behaviour in ExtUtils::MakeMaker
ExtUtils::MM_OS2(3pm): Methods to override UN*X behaviour in ExtUtils::MakeMaker
ExtUtils::MM_QNX(3pm): QNX specific subclass of ExtUtils::MM_Unix
ExtUtils::MM_UWIN(3pm): ExtUtils::MM_UWIN - U/WIN specific subclass of ExtUtils::MM_Unix
ExtUtils::MM_Unix(3pm): Methods used by ExtUtils::MakeMaker
ExtUtils::MM_VMS(3pm): Methods to override UN*X behaviour in ExtUtils::MakeMaker
ExtUtils::MM_VOS(3pm): VOS specific subclass of ExtUtils::MM_Unix
ExtUtils::MM_Win32(3pm): Methods to override UN*X behaviour in ExtUtils::MakeMaker
ExtUtils::MM_Win95(3pm): Method to customize MakeMaker for Win9X
ExtUtils::MY(3pm): ExtUtils::MakeMaker subclass for customization
ExtUtils::MakeMaker(3pm): Create a module Makefile
ExtUtils::MakeMaker::Config(3pm): Wrapper around Config.pm
ExtUtils::MakeMaker::FAQ(3pm): Frequently Asked Questions About MakeMaker
ExtUtils::MakeMaker::Tutorial(3pm): Writing a module with MakeMaker
ExtUtils::MakeMaker::bytes(3pm): Version-agnostic bytes.pm
ExtUtils::MakeMaker::vmsish(3pm): Platform-agnostic vmsish.pm
ExtUtils::Manifest(3pm): Utilities to write and check a MANIFEST file
ExtUtils::Miniperl(3pm): Write the C code for perlmain.c
ExtUtils::Mkbootstrap(3pm): Make a bootstrap file for use by DynaLoader
ExtUtils::Mksymlists(3pm): Write linker options files for dynamic extension
ExtUtils::Packlist(3pm): Manage .packlist files
ExtUtils::testlib(3pm): ExtUtils::testlib - add blib/* directories to @INC
Fatal(3pm): Replace functions with equivalents which succeed or die
Fcntl(3pm): Load the C Fcntl.h defines
File::Basename(3pm): Parse file paths into directory, filename and suffix.
File::CheckTree(3pm): Run many filetest checks on a tree
File::Compare(3pm): Compare files or filehandles
File::Copy(3pm): Copy files or filehandles
File::DosGlob(3pm): DOS like globbing and then some
File::Find(3pm): Traverse a directory tree.
File::Glob(3pm): Perl extension for BSD glob routine
File::Path(3pm): Create or remove directory trees
File::Spec(3pm): Portably perform operations on file names
File::Spec::Cygwin(3pm): Methods for Cygwin file specs
File::Spec::Epoc(3pm): Methods for Epoc file specs
File::Spec::Functions(3pm): Portably perform operations on file names
File::Spec::Mac(3pm): File::Spec for Mac OS (Classic)
File::Spec::OS2(3pm): File::Spec::OS2 - methods for OS/2 file specs
File::Spec::Unix(3pm): File::Spec for Unix, base for other File::Spec modules
File::Spec::VMS(3pm): Methods for VMS file specs
File::Spec::Win32(3pm): Methods for Win32 file specs
File::Temp(3pm): Return name and handle of a temporary file safely
File::stat(3pm): By-name interface to Perl's built-in stat() functions
FileCache(3pm): Keep more files open than the system permits
FileHandle(3pm): Supply object methods for filehandles
Filter::Simple(3pm): Simplified source filtering
Filter::Util::Call(3pm): Perl Source Filter Utility Module
FindBin(3pm): Locate directory of original perl script
GDBM_File(3pm): Perl5 access to the gdbm library.
Getopt::Long(3pm): Extended processing of command line options
Getopt::Std(3pm): Process single-character switches with switch clustering
Hash::Util(3pm): A selection of general-utility hash subroutines
I18N::Collate(3pm): Compare 8-bit scalar data according to the current locale
I18N::LangTags(3pm): Functions for dealing with RFC3066-style language tags
I18N::LangTags::Detect(3pm): Detect the user's language preferences
I18N::LangTags::List(3pm): I18N::LangTags::List -- tags and names for human languages
I18N::Langinfo(3pm): Query locale information
IO(3pm): Load various IO modules
IO::Dir(3pm): Supply object methods for directory handles
IO::File(3pm): Supply object methods for filehandles
IO::Handle(3pm): IO::Handle - supply object methods for I/O handles
IO::Pipe(3pm): Supply object methods for pipes
IO::Poll(3pm): Object interface to system poll call
IO::Seekable(3pm): IO::Seekable - supply seek based methods for I/O objects
IO::Select(3pm): OO interface to the select system call
IO::Socket(3pm): Object interface to socket communications
IO::Socket::INET(3pm): Object interface for AF_INET domain sockets
IO::Socket::UNIX(3pm): Object interface for AF_UNIX domain sockets
IPC::Msg(3pm): SysV Msg IPC object class
IPC::Open2(3pm): Open a process for both reading and writing
IPC::Open3(3pm): Open a process for reading, writing, and error handling
IPC::Semaphore(3pm): SysV Semaphore IPC object class
IPC::SysV(3pm): SysV IPC constants
List::Util(3pm): A selection of general-utility list subroutines
Locale::Constants(3pm): Constants for Locale codes
Locale::Country(3pm): ISO codes for country identification (ISO 3166)
Locale::Currency(3pm): ISO three letter codes for currency identification (ISO 4217)
Locale::Language(3pm): ISO two letter codes for language identification (ISO 639)
Locale::Maketext(3pm): Framework for localization
Locale::Maketext::TPJ13(3pm): Locale::Maketext::TPJ13 -- article about software localization
Locale::Script(3pm): ISO codes for script identification (ISO 15924)
MIME::Base64(3pm): Encoding and decoding of base64 strings
MIME::QuotedPrint(3pm): Encoding and decoding of quoted-printable strings
Math::BigFloat(3pm): Arbitrary size floating point math package
Math::BigInt(3pm): Math::BigInt - Arbitrary size integer/float math package
Math::BigInt::Calc(3pm): Pure Perl module to support Math::BigInt
Math::BigInt::CalcEmu(3pm): Emulate low-level math with BigInt code
Math::BigRat(3pm): Arbitrary big rational numbers
Math::Complex(3pm): Complex numbers and associated mathematical functions
Math::Trig(3pm): Trigonometric functions
Memoize(3pm): Make functions faster by trading space for time
Memoize::AnyDBM_File(3pm): Glue to provide EXISTS for AnyDBM_File for Storable use
Memoize::Expire(3pm): Plug-in module for automatic expiration of memoized values
Memoize::ExpireFile(3pm): Test for Memoize expiration semantics
Memoize::ExpireTest(3pm): Test for Memoize expiration semantics
Memoize::NDBM_File(3pm): Glue to provide EXISTS for NDBM_File for Storable use
Memoize::SDBM_File(3pm): Glue to provide EXISTS for SDBM_File for Storable use
Memoize::Storable(3pm): Store Memoized data in Storable database
NDBM_File(3pm): Tied access to ndbm files
NEXT(3pm): Provide a pseudo-class NEXT (et al) that allows method redispatch
Net::Cmd(3pm): Network Command class (as used by FTP, SMTP etc)
Net::Config(3pm): Local configuration data for libnet
Net::Domain(3pm): Attempt to evaluate the current host's internet name and domain
Net::FTP(3pm): FTP Client class
Net::NNTP(3pm): NNTP Client class
Net::Netrc(3pm): OO interface to users netrc file
Net::POP3(3pm): Post Office Protocol 3 Client class (RFC1939)
Net::Ping(3pm): Check a remote host for reachability
Net::SMTP(3pm): Simple Mail Transfer Protocol Client
Net::Time(3pm): Time and daytime network client interface
Net::hostent(3pm): By-name interface to Perl's built-in gethost*() functions
Net::libnetFAQ(3pm): Libnet Frequently Asked Questions
Net::netent(3pm): By-name interface to Perl's built-in getnet*() functions
Net::protoent(3pm): By-name interface to Perl's built-in getproto*() functions
Net::servent(3pm): By-name interface to Perl's built-in getserv*() functions
O(3pm): Generic interface to Perl Compiler backends
Opcode(3pm): Disable named opcodes when compiling perl code
POSIX(3pm): Perl interface to IEEE Std 1003.1
PerlIO(3pm): On demand loader for PerlIO layers and root of PerlIO::* name space
PerlIO::encoding(3pm): Encoding layer
PerlIO::scalar(3pm): In-memory IO, scalar IO
PerlIO::via(3pm): Helper class for PerlIO layers implemented in perl
PerlIO::via::QuotedPrint(3pm): PerlIO layer for quoted-printable strings
Pod::Checker(3pm): Check pod documents for syntax errors
Pod::Find(3pm): Find POD documents in directory trees
Pod::Html(3pm): Module to convert pod files to HTML
Pod::InputObjects(3pm): Objects representing POD input paragraphs, commands, etc.
Pod::LaTeX(3pm): Convert Pod data to formatted Latex
Pod::Man(3pm): Convert POD data to formatted *roff input
Pod::ParseLink(3pm): Parse an L<> formatting code in POD text
Pod::ParseUtils(3pm): Helpers for POD parsing and conversion
Pod::Parser(3pm): Base class for creating POD filters and translators
Pod::Perldoc::ToChecker(3pm): Let Perldoc check Pod for errors
Pod::Perldoc::ToMan(3pm): Let Perldoc render Pod as man pages
Pod::Perldoc::ToNroff(3pm): Let Perldoc convert Pod to nroff
Pod::Perldoc::ToPod(3pm): Let Perldoc render Pod as ... Pod!
Pod::Perldoc::ToRtf(3pm): Let Perldoc render Pod as RTF
Pod::Perldoc::ToText(3pm): Let Perldoc render Pod as plaintext
Pod::Perldoc::ToTk(3pm): Let Perldoc use Tk::Pod to render Pod
Pod::Perldoc::ToXml(3pm): Let Perldoc render Pod as XML
Pod::PlainText(3pm): Convert POD data to formatted ASCII text
Pod::Plainer(3pm): Perl extension for converting Pod to old style Pod.
Pod::Select(3pm): Extract selected sections of POD from input
Pod::Text(3pm): Convert POD data to formatted ASCII text
Pod::Text::Color(3pm): Convert POD data to formatted color ASCII text
Pod::Text::Overstrike(3pm): Convert POD data to formatted overstrike text
Pod::Text::Termcap(3pm): Convert POD data to ASCII text with format escapes
Pod::Usage(3pm): Print a usage message from embedded pod documentation
SDBM_File(3pm): Tied access to sdbm files
Safe(3pm): Compile and execute code in restricted compartments
Scalar::Util(3pm): A selection of general-utility scalar subroutines
Search::Dict(3pm): Search for key in dictionary file
SelectSaver(3pm): Save and restore selected file handle
SelfLoader(3pm): Load functions only on demand
Shell(3pm): Run shell commands transparently within perl
Socket(3pm): Load the C socket.h defines and structure manipulators
Storable(3pm): Persistence for Perl data structures
Switch(3pm): A switch statement for Perl
Symbol(3pm): Manipulate Perl symbols and their names
Sys::Hostname(3pm): Try every conceivable way to get hostname
Sys::Syslog(3pm): Sys::Syslog - Perl interface to the UNIX syslog(3) calls
Term::ANSIColor(3pm): Color screen output using ANSI escape sequences
Term::Cap(3pm): Perl termcap interface
Term::Complete(3pm): Perl word completion module
Term::ReadLine(3pm): Term::ReadLine - Perl interface to various "readline" packages.
Test(3pm): Provides a simple framework for writing test scripts
Test::Builder(3pm): Backend for building test libraries
Test::Builder::Module(3pm): Base class for test modules
Test::Builder::Tester(3pm): Test testsuites that have been built with
Test::Builder::Tester::Color(3pm): Turn on colour in Test::Builder::Tester
Test::Harness(3pm): Run Perl standard test scripts with statistics
Test::Harness::Assert(3pm): Simple assert
Test::Harness::Iterator(3pm): Internal Test::Harness Iterator
Test::Harness::Point(3pm): Object for tracking a single test point
Test::Harness::Straps(3pm): Detailed analysis of test results
Test::Harness::TAP(3pm): Documentation for the TAP format
Test::More(3pm): Yet another framework for writing test scripts
Test::Simple(3pm): Basic utilities for writing tests.
Test::Tutorial(3pm): A tutorial about writing really basic tests
Text::Abbrev(3pm): Create an abbreviation table from a list
Text::Balanced(3pm): Extract delimited text sequences from strings.
Text::ParseWords(3pm): Parse text into an array of tokens or array of arrays
Text::Soundex(3pm): Implementation of the Soundex Algorithm as Described by Knuth
Text::Tabs(3pm): Text::Tabs -- expand and unexpand tabs per the unix expand(1) and unexpand(1)
Text::Wrap(3pm): Line wrapping to form simple paragraphs
Thread(3pm): Manipulate threads in Perl (for old code only)
Thread::Queue(3pm): Thread-safe queues
Thread::Semaphore(3pm): Thread-safe semaphores
Tie::Array(3pm): Base class for tied arrays
Tie::File(3pm): Access the lines of a disk file via a Perl array
Tie::Handle(3pm): Base class definitions for tied handles
Tie::Hash(3pm): Base class definitions for tied hashes
Tie::Memoize(3pm): Add data to hash when needed
Tie::RefHash(3pm): Use references as hash keys
Tie::Scalar(3pm): Base class definitions for tied scalars
Tie::SubstrHash(3pm): Fixed-table-size, fixed-key-length hashing
Time::HiRes(3pm): High resolution alarm, sleep, gettimeofday, interval timers
Time::Local(3pm): Efficiently compute time from local and GMT time
Time::gmtime(3pm): By-name interface to Perl's built-in gmtime() function
Time::localtime(3pm): By-name interface to Perl's built-in localtime() function
Time::tm(3pm): Internal object used by Time::gmtime and Time::localtime
UNIVERSAL(3pm): Base class for ALL classes (blessed references)
Unicode::Collate(3pm): Unicode Collation Algorithm
Unicode::Normalize(3pm): Unicode Normalization Forms
Unicode::UCD(3pm): Unicode character database
User::grent(3pm): By-name interface to Perl's built-in getgr*() functions
User::pwent(3pm): By-name interface to Perl's built-in getpw*() functions
XS::APItest(3pm): Test the perl C API
XS::Typemap(3pm): Module to test the XS typemaps distributed with perl
XSLoader(3pm): Dynamically load C libraries into Perl code
attributes(3pm): Attributes - get/set subroutine or variable attributes
attrs(3pm): Attrs - set/get attributes of a subroutine (deprecated)
autouse(3pm): Postpone load of modules until a function is used
base(3pm): Establish IS-A relationship with base classes at compile time
bigint(3pm): Transparent BigInteger support for Perl
bignum(3pm): Transparent BigNumber support for Perl
bigrat(3pm): Bigrat - Transparent BigNumber/BigRational support for Perl
blib(3pm): Use MakeMaker's uninstalled version of a package
bytes(3pm): Perl pragma to force byte semantics rather than character semantics
charnames(3pm): Charnames - define character names for "\N{named}" string literal escapes
constant(3pm): Perl pragma to declare constants
diagnostics(3pm): Produce verbose warning diagnostics
encoding(3pm): Allows you to write your script in non-ascii or non-utf8
fields(3pm): Compile-time class fields
filetest(3pm): Perl pragma to control the filetest permission operators
if(3pm): If - "use" a Perl module if a condition holds
integer(3pm): Perl pragma to use integer arithmetic instead of floating point
less(3pm): Perl pragma to request less of something from the compiler
lib(3pm): Manipulate @INC at compile time
locale(3pm): Perl pragma to use and avoid POSIX locales for built-in operations
open(3pm): Perl pragma to set default PerlIO layers for input and output
ops(3pm): Perl pragma to restrict unsafe operations when compiling
overload(3pm): Package for overloading Perl operations
re(3pm): Perl pragma to alter regular expression behaviour
sigtrap(3pm): Perl pragma to enable simple signal handling
sort(3pm): Perl pragma to control sort() behaviour
strict(3pm): Perl pragma to restrict unsafe constructs
subs(3pm): Perl pragma to predeclare sub names
threads(3pm): Perl extension allowing use of interpreter based threads from perl
threads::shared(3pm): Perl extension for sharing data structures between threads
utf8(3pm): Utf8 - Perl pragma to enable/disable UTF-8 (or UTF-EBCDIC) in source code
vars(3pm): Perl pragma to predeclare global variable names (obsolete)
vmsish(3pm): Perl pragma to control VMS-specific language features
warnings(3pm): Perl pragma to control optional warnings
warnings::register(3pm): Warnings import function