S<[ B<-i>[I<extension>] ]> S<[ B<-e> I<'command'> ]
[ B<--> ] [ I<programfile> ] [ I<argument> ]...>
-For ease of access, the Perl manual has been split up into several sections:
+If you're new to Perl, you should start with L<perlintro>, which is a
+general intro for beginners and provides some background to help you
+navigate the rest of Perl's extensive documentation.
+
+For ease of access, the Perl manual has been split up into several sections.
+
+=head2 Overview
perl Perl overview (this section)
- perlfaq Perl frequently asked questions
+ perlintro Perl introduction for beginners
perltoc Perl documentation table of contents
- perlsyn Perl syntax
- perldata Perl data structures
- perlop Perl operators and precedence
- perlsub Perl subroutines
- perlfunc Perl builtin functions
+=head2 Tutorials
+
perlreftut Perl references short introduction
perldsc Perl data structures intro
perllol Perl data structures: arrays of arrays
+
perlrequick Perl regular expressions quick start
perlretut Perl regular expressions tutorial
- perlrun Perl execution and options
- perllexwarn Perl warnings and their control
- perldebug Perl debugging
-
- perlopentut Perl open() tutorial
- perlvar Perl predefined variables
- perlmod Perl modules: how they work
- perlpod Perl plain old documentation
+ perlboot Perl OO tutorial for beginners
+ perltoot Perl OO tutorial, part 1
+ perltooc Perl OO tutorial, part 2
+ perlbot Perl OO tricks and examples
perlstyle Perl style guide
- perlmodlib Perl modules: how to write and use
- perlmodinstall Perl modules: how to install from CPAN
- perlnewmod Perl modules: preparing a new module for distribution
+
perltrap Perl traps for the unwary
- perlport Perl portability guide
- perlsec Perl security
+ perldebtut Perl debugging tutorial
- perlref Perl references, the rest of the story
+ perlfaq Perl frequently asked questions
+ perlfaq1 General Questions About Perl
+ perlfaq2 Obtaining and Learning about Perl
+ perlfaq3 Programming Tools
+ perlfaq4 Data Manipulation
+ perlfaq5 Files and Formats
+ perlfaq6 Regexes
+ perlfaq7 Perl Language Issues
+ perlfaq8 System Interaction
+ perlfaq9 Networking
+
+=head2 Reference Manual
+
+ perlsyn Perl syntax
+ perldata Perl data structures
+ perlop Perl operators and precedence
+ perlsub Perl subroutines
+ perlfunc Perl built-in functions
+ perlopentut Perl open() tutorial
+ perlpacktut Perl pack() and unpack() tutorial
+ perlpod Perl plain old documentation
+ perlpodspec Perl plain old documentation format specification
+ perlrun Perl execution and options
+ perldiag Perl diagnostic messages
+ perllexwarn Perl warnings and their control
+ perldebug Perl debugging
+ perlvar Perl predefined variables
perlre Perl regular expressions, the rest of the story
+ perlref Perl references, the rest of the story
perlform Perl formats
- perllocale Perl locale support
- perlunicode Perl unicode support
-
- perlboot Perl OO tutorial for beginners
- perltoot Perl OO tutorial, part 1
- perltootc Perl OO tutorial, part 2
perlobj Perl objects
- perlbot Perl OO tricks and examples
perltie Perl objects hidden behind simple variables
+ perldbmfilter Perl DBM filters
perlipc Perl interprocess communication
- perlnumber Perl number semantics
perlfork Perl fork() information
+ perlnumber Perl number semantics
+
perlthrtut Perl threads tutorial
+ perlothrtut Old Perl threads tutorial
- perldiag Perl diagnostic messages
- perlfaq1 General Questions About Perl
- perlfaq2 Obtaining and Learning about Perl
- perlfaq3 Programming Tools
- perlfaq4 Data Manipulation
- perlfaq5 Files and Formats
- perlfaq6 Regexes
- perlfaq7 Perl Language Issues
- perlfaq8 System Interaction
- perlfaq9 Networking
+ perlport Perl portability guide
+ perllocale Perl locale support
+ perluniintro Perl Unicode introduction
+ perlunicode Perl Unicode support
+ perlebcdic Considerations for running Perl on EBCDIC platforms
+
+ perlsec Perl security
+
+ perlmod Perl modules: how they work
+ perlmodlib Perl modules: how to write and use
+ perlmodstyle Perl modules: how to write modules with style
+ perlmodinstall Perl modules: how to install from CPAN
+ perlnewmod Perl modules: preparing a new module for distribution
+
+ perlutil utilities packaged with the Perl distribution
perlcompile Perl compiler suite intro
+ perlfilter Perl source filters
+
+=head2 Internals and C Language Interface
+
perlembed Perl ways to embed perl in your C or C++ application
perldebguts Perl debugging guts and tips
perlxstut Perl XS tutorial
perlxs Perl XS application programming interface
+ perlclib Internal replacements for standard C library functions
perlguts Perl internal functions for those doing extensions
perlcall Perl calling conventions from C
- perlutil utilities packaged with the Perl distribution
- perlfilter Perl source filters
- perldbmfilter Perl DBM filters
+
perlapi Perl API listing (autogenerated)
perlintern Perl internal functions (autogenerated)
+ perliol C API for Perl's implementation of IO in Layers
perlapio Perl internal IO abstraction interface
- perltodo Perl things to do
+
perlhack Perl hackers guide
+=head2 Miscellaneous
+
+ perlbook Perl book information
+ perltodo Perl things to do
+
perlhist Perl history records
perldelta Perl changes since previous version
+ perl572delta Perl changes in version 5.7.2
+ perl571delta Perl changes in version 5.7.1
+ perl570delta Perl changes in version 5.7.0
+ perl561delta Perl changes in version 5.6.1
perl56delta Perl changes in version 5.6
perl5005delta Perl changes in version 5.005
perl5004delta Perl changes in version 5.004
- perlamiga Perl notes for Amiga
+=head2 Language-Specific
+
+ perlcn Perl for Simplified Chinese (in EUC-CN)
+ perljp Perl for Japanese (in EUC-JP)
+ perlko Perl for Korean (in EUC-KR)
+ perltw Perl for Traditional Chinese (in Big5)
+
+=head2 Platform-Specific
+
+ perlaix Perl notes for AIX
+ perlamiga Perl notes for AmigaOS
+ perlapollo Perl notes for Apollo DomainOS
+ perlbeos Perl notes for BeOS
+ perlbs2000 Perl notes for POSIX-BC BS2000
+ perlce Perl notes for WinCE
perlcygwin Perl notes for Cygwin
+ perldgux Perl notes for DG/UX
perldos Perl notes for DOS
+ perlepoc Perl notes for EPOC
perlhpux Perl notes for HP-UX
+ perlhurd Perl notes for Hurd
perlmachten Perl notes for Power MachTen
+ perlmacos Perl notes for Mac OS (Classic)
+ perlmint Perl notes for MiNT
+ perlmpeix Perl notes for MPE/iX
+ perlnetware Perl notes for NetWare
perlos2 Perl notes for OS/2
perlos390 Perl notes for OS/390
+ perlplan9 Perl notes for Plan 9
+ perlqnx Perl notes for QNX
+ perlsolaris Perl notes for Solaris
+ perltru64 Perl notes for Tru64
+ perluts Perl notes for UTS
+ perlvmesa Perl notes for VM/ESA
perlvms Perl notes for VMS
+ perlvos Perl notes for Stratus VOS
perlwin32 Perl notes for Windows
-(If you're intending to read these straight through for the first time,
-the suggested order will tend to reduce the number of forward references.)
By default, the manpages listed above are installed in the
F</usr/local/man/> directory.
Begun in 1993 (see L<perlhist>), Perl version 5 is nearly a complete
rewrite that provides the following additional benefits:
-=over
+=over 4
+
+=item *
-=item * modularity and reusability using innumerable modules
+modularity and reusability using innumerable modules
Described in L<perlmod>, L<perlmodlib>, and L<perlmodinstall>.
-=item * embeddable and extensible
+=item *
+
+embeddable and extensible
Described in L<perlembed>, L<perlxstut>, L<perlxs>, L<perlcall>,
L<perlguts>, and L<xsubpp>.
-=item * roll-your-own magic variables (including multiple simultaneous DBM implementations)
+=item *
+
+roll-your-own magic variables (including multiple simultaneous DBM implementations)
Described in L<perltie> and L<AnyDBM_File>.
-=item * subroutines can now be overridden, autoloaded, and prototyped
+=item *
+
+subroutines can now be overridden, autoloaded, and prototyped
Described in L<perlsub>.
-=item * arbitrarily nested data structures and anonymous functions
+=item *
+
+arbitrarily nested data structures and anonymous functions
Described in L<perlreftut>, L<perlref>, L<perldsc>, and L<perllol>.
-=item * object-oriented programming
+=item *
+
+object-oriented programming
-Described in L<perlobj>, L<perltoot>, and L<perlbot>.
+Described in L<perlobj>, L<perlboot>, L<perltoot>, L<perltooc>,
+and L<perlbot>.
-=item * compilability into C code or Perl bytecode
+=item *
+
+compilability into C code or Perl bytecode
Described in L<B> and L<B::Bytecode>.
-=item * support for light-weight processes (threads)
+=item *
+
+support for light-weight processes (threads)
Described in L<perlthrtut> and L<Thread>.
-=item * support for internationalization, localization, and Unicode
+=item *
+
+support for internationalization, localization, and Unicode
Described in L<perllocale> and L<utf8>.
-=item * lexical scoping
+=item *
+
+lexical scoping
Described in L<perlsub>.
-=item * regular expression enhancements
+=item *
+
+regular expression enhancements
Described in L<perlre>, with additional examples in L<perlop>.
-=item * enhanced debugger and interactive Perl environment, with integrated editor support
+=item *
+
+enhanced debugger and interactive Perl environment,
+with integrated editor support
+
+Described in L<perldebtut>, L<perldebug> and L<perldebguts>.
-Described in L<perldebug>.
+=item *
-=item * POSIX 1003.1 compliant library
+POSIX 1003.1 compliant library
Described in L<POSIX>.
a2p awk to perl translator
s2p sed to perl translator
- http://www.perl.com/ the Perl Home Page
- http://www.perl.com/CPAN the Comprehensive Perl Archive
+ http://www.perl.com/ the Perl Home Page
+ http://www.cpan.org/ the Comprehensive Perl Archive
+ http://www.perl.org/ Perl Mongers (Perl user groups)
=head1 DIAGNOSTICS
You may mail your bug reports (be sure to include full configuration
information as output by the myconfig program in the perl source
-tree, or by C<perl -V>) to perlbug@perl.com . If you've succeeded
+tree, or by C<perl -V>) to perlbug@perl.org . If you've succeeded
in compiling perl, the B<perlbug> script in the F<utils/> subdirectory
can be used to help mail in a bug report.