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1 | ###### begin =include pod2usage.PL ##### |
2 | NAME |
3 | pod2usage - print usage messages from embedded pod docs in files |
4 | |
5 | SYNOPSIS |
6 | pod2usage [-help] [-man] [-exit *exitval*] [-output *outfile*] |
7 | [-verbose *level*] [-pathlist *dirlist*] *file* |
8 | |
9 | OPTIONS AND ARGUMENTS |
10 | -help Print a brief help message and exit. |
11 | |
12 | -man Print this command's manual page and exit. |
13 | |
14 | -exit *exitval* |
15 | The exit status value to return. |
16 | |
17 | -output *outfile* |
18 | The output file to print to. If the special names "-" or ">&1" |
19 | or ">&STDOUT" are used then standard output is used. If ">&2" or |
20 | ">&STDERR" is used then standard error is used. |
21 | |
22 | -verbose *level* |
23 | The desired level of verbosity to use: |
24 | |
25 | 1 : print SYNOPSIS only |
26 | 2 : print SYNOPSIS sections and any OPTIONS/ARGUMENTS sections |
27 | 3 : print the entire manpage (similar to running pod2text) |
28 | |
29 | -pathlist *dirlist* |
30 | Specifies one or more directories to search for the input file |
31 | if it was not supplied with an absolute path. Each directory |
32 | path in the given list should be separated by a ':' on Unix (';' |
33 | on MSWin32 and DOS). |
34 | |
35 | *file* The pathname of a file containing pod documentation to be output |
36 | in usage mesage format (defaults to standard input). |
37 | |
38 | DESCRIPTION |
39 | pod2usage will read the given input file looking for pod documentation |
40 | and will print the corresponding usage message. If no input file is |
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41 | specified than standard input is read. |
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42 | |
43 | pod2usage invokes the pod2usage() function in the Pod::Usage module. |
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44 | Please see the pod2usage() entry in the Pod::Usage manpage. |
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45 | |
46 | SEE ALSO |
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47 | the Pod::Usage manpage, the pod2text(1) manpage |
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48 | |
49 | AUTHOR |
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50 | Please report bugs using http://rt.cpan.org. |
51 | |
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52 | Brad Appleton <bradapp@enteract.com> |
53 | |
54 | Based on code for pod2text(1) written by Tom Christiansen |
55 | <tchrist@mox.perl.com> |
56 | |
57 | ###### end =include pod2usage.PL ##### |