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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="s3">By default, Perl's Compress::Raw::Zlib module builds and
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| 29 |     links against its own internal copy of Zlib. The following command will
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| 30 |     tell it to use the system-installed Zlib:</para>
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| 31 | 
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| 32 | <screen os="s4"><userinput>sed -i -e '/^BUILD_ZLIB/s/True/False/' \
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| 33 |        -e '/^INCLUDE/s,\./zlib-src,/usr/include,' \
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| 34 |        -e '/^LIB/s,\./zlib-src,/usr/lib,' \
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| 35 |        cpan/Compress-Raw-Zlib/config.in</userinput></screen>
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| 36 | 
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| 37 |     <note os="a00">
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| 38 |       <para>If you are following the boot method you will need to enable the
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| 39 |       loopback device:</para>
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| 40 | 
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| 41 | <screen><userinput remap="test">ip link set lo up</userinput></screen>
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| 42 |     </note>
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| 43 | 
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| 44 |     <para os="a01">Before starting to configure, create a basic
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| 45 |     <filename>/etc/hosts</filename> file which will be referenced by one
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| 46 |     of Perl's configuration files as well as used by the testsuite:</para>
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| 47 | 
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| 48 | <screen os="a02"><userinput remap="test">echo "127.0.0.1 localhost $(hostname)" > /etc/hosts</userinput></screen>
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| 49 | 
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| 50 |     <para os="a">To have full control over the way Perl is set up, you can
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| 51 |     run the interactive <command>Configure</command> script and hand-pick
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| 52 |     the way this package is built. If you prefer instead to use the defaults
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| 53 |     that Perl auto-detects, prepare Perl for compilation with:</para>
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| 54 | 
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| 55 | <screen os="b"><userinput>./configure.gnu --prefix=/usr \
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| 56 |    -Dvendorprefix=/usr \
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| 57 |    -Dman1dir=/usr/share/man/man1 \
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| 58 |    -Dman3dir=/usr/share/man/man3 \
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| 59 |    -Dpager="/bin/less -isR" \
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| 60 |    -Dusethreads -Duseshrplib</userinput></screen>
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| 61 | 
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| 62 |     <variablelist os="c">
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| 63 |       <title>The meaning of the configure option:</title>
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| 64 | 
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| 65 |       <varlistentry os="c1">
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| 66 |         <term><parameter>-Dpager="/bin/less -isR"</parameter></term>
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| 67 |         <listitem>
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| 68 |           <para>This ensures that <command>perldoc</command> invokes the
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| 69 |           <command>less</command> program rather than <command>more</command>,
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| 70 |           as Less has not yet been installed.</para>
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| 71 |         </listitem>
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| 72 |       </varlistentry>
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| 73 | 
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| 74 |       <varlistentry os="c2">
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| 75 |         <term><parameter>-Dman1dir=/usr/share/man/man1 -Dman3dir=/usr/share/man/man3</parameter></term>
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| 76 |         <listitem>
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| 77 |           <para>Since Groff is not installed yet,
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| 78 |           <command>configure.gnu</command> thinks that we do not want
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| 79 |           man pages for Perl. Issuing these parameters overrides this decision.</para>
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| 80 |         </listitem>
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| 81 |       </varlistentry>
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| 82 | 
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| 83 |       <varlistentry os="c3">
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| 84 |         <term><parameter>-Dusethreads</parameter></term>
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| 85 |         <listitem>
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| 86 |           <para>This tells Perl to use threads.</para>
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| 87 |         </listitem>
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| 88 |       </varlistentry>
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| 89 | 
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| 90 |       <varlistentry os="c4">
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| 91 |         <term><parameter>-Duseshrplib</parameter></term>
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| 92 |         <listitem>
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| 93 |           <para>This tells Perl to build a shared libperl.</para>
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| 94 |         </listitem>
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| 95 |       </varlistentry>
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| 96 | 
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| 97 |     </variablelist>
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| 98 | 
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| 99 |     <para os="d">Compile the package:</para>
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| 100 | 
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| 101 | <screen os="e"><userinput>make</userinput></screen>
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| 102 | 
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| 103 |     <para os="h">To test the results, issue:</para>
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| 104 | 
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| 105 | <screen os="h2"><userinput remap="test">make test</userinput></screen>
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| 106 | 
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| 107 |     <para os="j">Install the package:</para>
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| 108 | 
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| 109 | <screen os="k"><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>
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| 110 | 
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| 111 |   </sect2>
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| 112 | 
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| 113 |   <sect2 id="contents-perl" role="content">
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| 114 |     <title>Contents of Perl</title>
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| 115 | 
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| 116 |     <segmentedlist>
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| 117 |       <segtitle>Installed programs</segtitle>
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| 118 |       <segtitle>Installed libraries</segtitle>
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| 119 |       <segtitle>Installed directory</segtitle>
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| 120 | 
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| 121 |       <seglistitem>
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| 122 |         <seg>a2p, c2ph, config_data, corelist, cpan, cpan2dist, cpanp,
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| 123 |         cpanp-run-perl, enc2xs, find2perl, h2ph, h2xs, instmodsh, json_pp,
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| 124 |         libnetcfg, perl, perl&perl-version; (link to perl), perlbug,
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| 125 |         perldoc, perlivp, perlthanks (link to perlbug), piconv, pl2pm, pod2html,
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| 126 |         pod2latex, pod2man, pod2text, pod2usage, podchecker, podselect, prove,
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| 127 |         psed (link to s2p), pstruct (link to c2ph), ptar, ptardiff, ptargrep,
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| 128 |         s2p, shasum, splain, xsubpp, and zipdetails</seg>
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| 129 |         <seg>Several hundred which cannot all be listed here</seg>
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| 130 |         <seg>/usr/lib/perl5</seg>
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| 131 |       </seglistitem>
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| 132 |     </segmentedlist>
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| 133 | 
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| 134 |     <variablelist>
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| 135 |       <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
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| 136 |       <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
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| 137 |       <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
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| 138 | 
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| 139 |       <varlistentry id="a2p">
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| 140 |         <term><command>a2p</command></term>
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| 141 |         <listitem>
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| 142 |           <para>Translates awk to Perl</para>
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| 143 |           <indexterm zone="ch-system-perl a2p">
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| 144 |             <primary sortas="b-a2p">a2p</primary>
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| 145 |           </indexterm>
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| 146 |         </listitem>
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| 147 |       </varlistentry>
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| 148 | 
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| 149 |       <varlistentry id="c2ph">
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| 150 |         <term><command>c2ph</command></term>
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| 151 |         <listitem>
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| 152 |           <para>Dumps C structures as generated from
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| 153 |           <command>cc -g -S</command></para>
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| 154 |           <indexterm zone="ch-system-perl c2ph">
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| 155 |             <primary sortas="b-c2ph">c2ph</primary>
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| 156 |           </indexterm>
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| 157 |         </listitem>
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| 158 |       </varlistentry>
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| 159 | 
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| 160 |       <varlistentry id="config_data">
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| 161 |         <term><command>config_data</command></term>
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| 162 |         <listitem>
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| 163 |           <para>Queries or changes configuration of Perl modules</para>
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| 164 |           <indexterm zone="ch-system-perl config_data">
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| 165 |             <primary sortas="b-config_data">config_data</primary>
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| 166 |           </indexterm>
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| 167 |         </listitem>
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| 168 |       </varlistentry>
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| 169 | 
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| 170 |       <varlistentry id="corelist">
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| 171 |         <term><command>corelist</command></term>
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| 172 |         <listitem>
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| 173 |           <para>A commandline frontend to Module::CoreList</para>
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| 174 |           <indexterm zone="ch-system-perl corelist">
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| 175 |             <primary sortas="b-corelist">corelist</primary>
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| 176 |           </indexterm>
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| 177 |         </listitem>
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| 178 |       </varlistentry>
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| 179 | 
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| 180 |       <varlistentry id="cpan">
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| 181 |         <term><command>cpan</command></term>
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| 182 |         <listitem>
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| 183 |           <para>Shell script that provides a command interface to CPAN.pm</para>
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| 184 |           <indexterm zone="ch-system-perl cpan">
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| 185 |             <primary sortas="b-cpan">cpan</primary>
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| 186 |           </indexterm>
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| 187 |         </listitem>
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| 188 |       </varlistentry>
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| 189 | 
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| 190 |       <varlistentry id="cpan2dist">
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| 191 |         <term><command>cpan2dist</command></term>
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| 192 |         <listitem>
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| 193 |           <para>The CPANPLUS distribution creator</para>
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| 194 |           <indexterm zone="ch-system-perl cpan2dist">
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| 195 |             <primary sortas="b-cpan2dist">cpan2dist</primary>
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| 196 |           </indexterm>
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| 197 |         </listitem>
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| 198 |       </varlistentry>
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| 199 | 
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| 200 |       <varlistentry id="cpanp">
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| 201 |         <term><command>cpanp</command></term>
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| 202 |         <listitem>
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| 203 |           <para>The CPANPLUS launcher</para>
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| 204 |           <indexterm zone="ch-system-perl cpanp">
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| 205 |             <primary sortas="b-cpanp">cpanp</primary>
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| 206 |           </indexterm>
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| 207 |         </listitem>
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| 208 |       </varlistentry>
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| 209 | 
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| 210 |       <varlistentry id="cpanp-run-perl">
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| 211 |         <term><command>cpanp-run-perl</command></term>
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| 212 |         <listitem>
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| 213 |           <para>Perl script that (description needed)</para>
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| 214 |           <indexterm zone="ch-system-perl cpanp-run-perl">
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| 215 |             <primary sortas="b-cpanp-run-perl">cpanp-run-perl</primary>
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| 216 |           </indexterm>
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| 217 |         </listitem>
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| 218 |       </varlistentry>
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| 219 | 
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| 220 |       <varlistentry id="enc2xs">
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| 221 |         <term><command>enc2xs</command></term>
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| 222 |         <listitem>
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| 223 |           <para>Builds a Perl extension for the Encode module from either
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| 224 |           Unicode Character Mappings or Tcl Encoding Files</para>
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| 225 |           <indexterm zone="ch-system-perl enc2xs">
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| 226 |             <primary sortas="b-enc2xs">enc2xs</primary>
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| 227 |           </indexterm>
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| 228 |         </listitem>
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| 229 |       </varlistentry>
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| 230 | 
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| 231 |       <varlistentry id="find2perl">
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| 232 |         <term><command>find2perl</command></term>
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| 233 |         <listitem>
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| 234 |           <para>Translates <command>find</command> commands to Perl</para>
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| 235 |           <indexterm zone="ch-system-perl find2perl">
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| 236 |             <primary sortas="b-find2perl">find2perl</primary>
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| 237 |           </indexterm>
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| 238 |         </listitem>
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| 239 |       </varlistentry>
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| 240 | 
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| 241 |       <varlistentry id="h2ph">
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| 242 |         <term><command>h2ph</command></term>
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| 243 |         <listitem>
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| 244 |           <para>Converts <filename class="extension">.h</filename> C header
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| 245 |           files to <filename class="extension">.ph</filename> Perl header
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| 246 |           files</para>
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| 247 |           <indexterm zone="ch-system-perl h2ph">
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| 248 |             <primary sortas="b-h2ph">h2ph</primary>
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| 249 |           </indexterm>
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| 250 |         </listitem>
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| 251 |       </varlistentry>
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| 252 | 
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| 253 |       <varlistentry id="h2xs">
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| 254 |         <term><command>h2xs</command></term>
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| 255 |         <listitem>
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| 256 |           <para>Converts <filename class="extension">.h</filename> C header
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| 257 |           files to Perl extensions</para>
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| 258 |           <indexterm zone="ch-system-perl h2xs">
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| 259 |             <primary sortas="b-h2xs">h2xs</primary>
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| 260 |           </indexterm>
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| 261 |         </listitem>
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| 262 |       </varlistentry>
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| 263 | 
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| 264 |       <varlistentry id="instmodsh">
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| 265 |         <term><command>instmodsh</command></term>
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| 266 |         <listitem>
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| 267 |           <para>A shell script for examining installed Perl modules,
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| 268 |           and can even create a tarball from an installed module</para>
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| 269 |           <indexterm zone="ch-system-perl instmodsh">
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| 270 |             <primary sortas="b-instmodsh">instmodsh</primary>
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| 271 |           </indexterm>
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| 272 |         </listitem>
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| 273 |       </varlistentry>
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| 274 | 
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| 275 |       <varlistentry id="json_pp">
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| 276 |         <term><command>json_pp</command></term>
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| 277 |         <listitem>
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| 278 |           <para>Converts data between certain input and output formats</para>
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| 279 |           <indexterm zone="ch-system-perl json_pp">
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| 280 |             <primary sortas="b-json_pp">json_pp</primary>
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| 281 |           </indexterm>
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| 282 |         </listitem>
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| 283 |       </varlistentry>
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| 284 | 
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| 285 |       <varlistentry id="libnetcfg">
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| 286 |         <term><command>libnetcfg</command></term>
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| 287 |         <listitem>
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| 288 |           <para>Can be used to configure the
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| 289 |           <filename class="libraryfile">libnet</filename></para>
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| 290 |           <indexterm zone="ch-system-perl libnetcfg">
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| 291 |             <primary sortas="b-libnetcfg">libnetcfg</primary>
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| 292 |           </indexterm>
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| 293 |         </listitem>
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| 294 |       </varlistentry>
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| 295 | 
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| 296 |       <varlistentry id="perl">
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| 297 |         <term><command>perl</command></term>
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| 298 |         <listitem>
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| 299 |           <para>Combines some of the best features of C, <command>sed</command>,
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| 300 |           <command>awk</command> and <command>sh</command> into a single
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| 301 |           swiss-army-knife language</para>
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| 302 |           <indexterm zone="ch-system-perl perl">
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| 303 |             <primary sortas="b-perl">perl</primary>
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| 304 |           </indexterm>
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| 305 |         </listitem>
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| 306 |       </varlistentry>
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| 307 | 
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| 308 |       <varlistentry id="perl-version">
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| 309 |         <term><command>perl&perl-version;</command></term>
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| 310 |         <listitem>
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| 311 |           <para>A hard link to <command>perl</command></para>
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| 312 |           <indexterm zone="ch-system-perl perl-version">
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| 313 |             <primary sortas="b-perl&perl-version;">perl&perl-version;</primary>
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| 314 |           </indexterm>
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| 315 |         </listitem>
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| 316 |       </varlistentry>
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| 317 | 
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| 318 |       <varlistentry id="perlbug">
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| 319 |         <term><command>perlbug</command></term>
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| 320 |         <listitem>
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| 321 |           <para>Used to generate bug reports about Perl, or the modules that come
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| 322 |           with it, and mail them</para>
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| 323 |           <indexterm zone="ch-system-perl perlbug">
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| 324 |             <primary sortas="b-perlbug">perlbug</primary>
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| 325 |           </indexterm>
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| 326 |         </listitem>
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| 327 |       </varlistentry>
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| 328 | 
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| 329 |       <varlistentry id="perldoc">
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| 330 |         <term><command>perldoc</command></term>
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| 331 |         <listitem>
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| 332 |           <para>Displays a piece of documentation in pod format that is embedded
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| 333 |           in the Perl installation tree or in a Perl script</para>
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| 334 |           <indexterm zone="ch-system-perl perldoc">
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| 335 |             <primary sortas="b-perldoc">perldoc</primary>
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| 336 |           </indexterm>
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| 337 |         </listitem>
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| 338 |       </varlistentry>
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| 339 | 
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| 340 |       <varlistentry id="perlivp">
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| 341 |         <term><command>perlivp</command></term>
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| 342 |         <listitem>
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| 343 |           <para>The Perl Installation Verification Procedure; it can be used to
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| 344 |           verify that Perl and its libraries have been installed
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| 345 |           correctly</para>
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| 346 |           <indexterm zone="ch-system-perl perlivp">
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| 347 |             <primary sortas="b-perlivp">perlivp</primary>
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| 348 |           </indexterm>
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| 349 |         </listitem>
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| 350 |       </varlistentry>
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| 351 | 
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| 352 |       <varlistentry id="perlthanks">
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| 353 |         <term><command>perlthanks</command></term>
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| 354 |         <listitem>
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| 355 |           <para>Used to generate thank you messages to mail to the Perl
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| 356 |           developers</para>
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| 357 |           <indexterm zone="ch-system-perl perlthanks">
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| 358 |             <primary sortas="b-perlthanks">perlthanks</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="piconv">
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| 364 |         <term><command>piconv</command></term>
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| 365 |         <listitem>
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| 366 |           <para>A Perl version of the character encoding converter
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| 367 |           <command>iconv</command></para>
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| 368 |           <indexterm zone="ch-system-perl piconv">
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| 369 |             <primary sortas="b-piconv">piconv</primary>
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| 370 |           </indexterm>
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| 371 |         </listitem>
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| 372 |       </varlistentry>
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| 373 | 
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| 374 |       <varlistentry id="pl2pm">
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| 375 |         <term><command>pl2pm</command></term>
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| 376 |         <listitem>
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| 377 |           <para>A rough tool for converting Perl4
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| 378 |           <filename class="extension">.pl</filename> files to Perl5
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| 379 |           <filename class="extension">.pm</filename> modules</para>
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| 380 |           <indexterm zone="ch-system-perl pl2pm">
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| 381 |             <primary sortas="b-pl2pm">pl2pm</primary>
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| 382 |           </indexterm>
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| 383 |         </listitem>
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| 384 |       </varlistentry>
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| 385 | 
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| 386 |       <varlistentry id="pod2html">
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| 387 |         <term><command>pod2html</command></term>
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| 388 |         <listitem>
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| 389 |           <para>Converts files from pod format to HTML format</para>
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| 390 |           <indexterm zone="ch-system-perl pod2html">
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| 391 |             <primary sortas="b-pod2html">pod2html</primary>
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| 392 |           </indexterm>
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| 393 |         </listitem>
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| 394 |       </varlistentry>
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| 395 | 
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| 396 |       <varlistentry id="pod2latex">
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| 397 |         <term><command>pod2latex</command></term>
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| 398 |         <listitem>
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| 399 |           <para>Converts files from pod format to LaTeX format</para>
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| 400 |           <indexterm zone="ch-system-perl pod2latex">
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| 401 |             <primary sortas="b-pod2latex">pod2latex</primary>
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| 402 |           </indexterm>
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| 403 |         </listitem>
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| 404 |       </varlistentry>
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| 405 | 
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| 406 |       <varlistentry id="pod2man">
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| 407 |         <term><command>pod2man</command></term>
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| 408 |         <listitem>
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| 409 |           <para>Converts pod data to formatted *roff input</para>
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| 410 |           <indexterm zone="ch-system-perl pod2man">
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| 411 |             <primary sortas="b-pod2man">pod2man</primary>
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| 412 |           </indexterm>
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| 413 |         </listitem>
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| 414 |       </varlistentry>
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| 415 | 
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| 416 |       <varlistentry id="pod2text">
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| 417 |         <term><command>pod2text</command></term>
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| 418 |         <listitem>
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| 419 |           <para>Converts pod data to formatted ASCII text</para>
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| 420 |           <indexterm zone="ch-system-perl pod2text">
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| 421 |             <primary sortas="b-pod2text">pod2text</primary>
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| 422 |           </indexterm>
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| 423 |         </listitem>
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| 424 |       </varlistentry>
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| 425 | 
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| 426 |       <varlistentry id="pod2usage">
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| 427 |         <term><command>pod2usage</command></term>
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| 428 |         <listitem>
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| 429 |           <para>Prints usage messages from embedded pod docs in files</para>
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| 430 |           <indexterm zone="ch-system-perl pod2usage">
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| 431 |             <primary sortas="b-pod2usage">pod2usage</primary>
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| 432 |           </indexterm>
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| 433 |         </listitem>
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| 434 |       </varlistentry>
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| 435 | 
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| 436 |       <varlistentry id="podchecker">
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| 437 |         <term><command>podchecker</command></term>
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| 438 |         <listitem>
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| 439 |           <para>Checks the syntax of pod format documentation files</para>
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| 440 |           <indexterm zone="ch-system-perl podchecker">
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| 441 |             <primary sortas="b-podchecker">podchecker</primary>
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| 442 |           </indexterm>
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| 443 |         </listitem>
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| 444 |       </varlistentry>
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| 445 | 
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| 446 |       <varlistentry id="podselect">
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| 447 |         <term><command>podselect</command></term>
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| 448 |         <listitem>
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| 449 |           <para>Displays selected sections of pod documentation</para>
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| 450 |           <indexterm zone="ch-system-perl podselect">
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| 451 |             <primary sortas="b-podselect">podselect</primary>
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| 452 |           </indexterm>
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| 453 |         </listitem>
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| 454 |       </varlistentry>
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| 455 | 
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| 456 |       <varlistentry id="prove">
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| 457 |         <term><command>prove</command></term>
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| 458 |         <listitem>
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| 459 |           <para>A command-line tool for running tests against Test::Harness</para>
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| 460 |           <indexterm zone="ch-system-perl prove">
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| 461 |             <primary sortas="b-prove">prove</primary>
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| 462 |           </indexterm>
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| 463 |         </listitem>
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| 464 |       </varlistentry>
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| 465 | 
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| 466 |       <varlistentry id="psed">
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| 467 |         <term><command>psed</command></term>
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| 468 |         <listitem>
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| 469 |           <para>A Perl version of the stream editor <command>sed</command></para>
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|---|
| 470 |           <indexterm zone="ch-system-perl psed">
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| 471 |             <primary sortas="b-psed">psed</primary>
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| 472 |           </indexterm>
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| 473 |         </listitem>
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| 474 |       </varlistentry>
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| 475 | 
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| 476 |       <varlistentry id="pstruct">
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| 477 |         <term><command>pstruct</command></term>
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| 478 |         <listitem>
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| 479 |           <para>Dumps C structures as generated from <command>cc -g -S</command>
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| 480 |           stabs</para>
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| 481 |           <indexterm zone="ch-system-perl pstruct">
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| 482 |             <primary sortas="b-pstruct">pstruct</primary>
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| 483 |           </indexterm>
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| 484 |         </listitem>
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| 485 |       </varlistentry>
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| 486 | 
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| 487 |       <varlistentry id="ptar">
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| 488 |         <term><command>ptar</command></term>
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| 489 |         <listitem>
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| 490 |           <para>A <command>tar</command>-like program written in Perl</para>
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|---|
| 491 |           <indexterm zone="ch-system-perl ptar">
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| 492 |             <primary sortas="b-ptar">ptar</primary>
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| 493 |           </indexterm>
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| 494 |         </listitem>
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| 495 |       </varlistentry>
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| 496 | 
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| 497 |       <varlistentry id="ptardiff">
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| 498 |         <term><command>ptardiff</command></term>
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| 499 |         <listitem>
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| 500 |           <para>A Perl program that compares an extracted archive with an
 | 
|---|
| 501 |           unextracted one</para>
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| 502 |           <indexterm zone="ch-system-perl ptardiff">
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| 503 |             <primary sortas="b-ptardiff">ptardiff</primary>
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| 504 |           </indexterm>
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| 505 |         </listitem>
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| 506 |       </varlistentry>
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| 507 | 
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| 508 |       <varlistentry id="ptargrep">
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| 509 |         <term><command>ptargrep</command></term>
 | 
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| 510 |         <listitem>
 | 
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| 511 |           <para>A Perl program that applies pattern matching to the contents
 | 
|---|
| 512 |           of files in a tar archive</para>
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|---|
| 513 |           <indexterm zone="ch-system-perl ptargrep">
 | 
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| 514 |             <primary sortas="b-ptargrep">ptargrep</primary>
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| 515 |           </indexterm>
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| 516 |         </listitem>
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| 517 |       </varlistentry>
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| 518 | 
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| 519 |       <varlistentry id="s2p">
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| 520 |         <term><command>s2p</command></term>
 | 
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| 521 |         <listitem>
 | 
|---|
| 522 |           <para>Translates <command>sed</command> to Perl</para>
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| 523 |           <indexterm zone="ch-system-perl s2p">
 | 
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| 524 |             <primary sortas="b-s2p">s2p</primary>
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| 525 |           </indexterm>
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| 526 |         </listitem>
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| 527 |       </varlistentry>
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| 528 | 
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| 529 |       <varlistentry id="shasum">
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| 530 |         <term><command>shasum</command></term>
 | 
|---|
| 531 |         <listitem>
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|---|
| 532 |           <para>Prints or checks SHA checksums</para>
 | 
|---|
| 533 |           <indexterm zone="ch-system-perl shasum">
 | 
|---|
| 534 |             <primary sortas="b-shasum">shasum</primary>
 | 
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| 535 |           </indexterm>
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|---|
| 536 |         </listitem>
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| 537 |       </varlistentry>
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| 538 | 
 | 
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| 539 |       <varlistentry id="splain">
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| 540 |         <term><command>splain</command></term>
 | 
|---|
| 541 |         <listitem>
 | 
|---|
| 542 |           <para>Is used to force verbose warning diagnostics in Perl</para>
 | 
|---|
| 543 |           <indexterm zone="ch-system-perl splain">
 | 
|---|
| 544 |             <primary sortas="b-splain">splain</primary>
 | 
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| 545 |           </indexterm>
 | 
|---|
| 546 |         </listitem>
 | 
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| 547 |       </varlistentry>
 | 
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| 548 | 
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| 549 |       <varlistentry id="xsubpp">
 | 
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| 550 |         <term><command>xsubpp</command></term>
 | 
|---|
| 551 |         <listitem>
 | 
|---|
| 552 |           <para>Converts Perl XS code into C code</para>
 | 
|---|
| 553 |           <indexterm zone="ch-system-perl xsubpp">
 | 
|---|
| 554 |             <primary sortas="b-xsubpp">xsubpp</primary>
 | 
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| 555 |           </indexterm>
 | 
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| 556 |         </listitem>
 | 
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| 557 |       </varlistentry>
 | 
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| 558 | 
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| 559 |       <varlistentry id="zipdetails">
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| 560 |         <term><command>zipdetails</command></term>
 | 
|---|
| 561 |         <listitem>
 | 
|---|
| 562 |           <para>Displays details about the internal structure of a Zip file</para>
 | 
|---|
| 563 |           <indexterm zone="ch-system-perl zipdetails">
 | 
|---|
| 564 |             <primary sortas="b-zipdetails">zipdetails</primary>
 | 
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| 565 |           </indexterm>
 | 
|---|
| 566 |         </listitem>
 | 
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| 567 |       </varlistentry>
 | 
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| 568 | 
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| 569 |     </variablelist>
 | 
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| 570 | 
 | 
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| 571 |   </sect2>
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| 572 | 
 | 
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| 573 | </sect1>
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