For ease of access, the Perl manual has been split up into several sections:
perl Perl overview (this section)
- perldelta Perl changes since previous version
- perl5005delta Perl changes in version 5.005
- perl5004delta Perl changes in version 5.004
perlfaq Perl frequently asked questions
perltoc Perl documentation table of contents
+ perlbook Perl book information
- perldata Perl data structures
perlsyn Perl syntax
+ perldata Perl data structures
perlop Perl operators and precedence
- perlre Perl regular expressions
- perlrun Perl execution and options
+ perlsub Perl subroutines
perlfunc Perl builtin functions
- perlopentut Perl open() tutorial
+ perlreftut Perl references short introduction
+ perldsc Perl data structures intro
+ perlrequick Perl regular expressions quick start
+ perlpod Perl plain old documentation
+ perlstyle Perl style guide
+ perltrap Perl traps for the unwary
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+ perlrun Perl execution and options
+ perldiag Perl diagnostic messages
+ perllexwarn Perl warnings and their control
+ perldebtut Perl debugging tutorial
+ perldebug Perl debugging
+
perlvar Perl predefined variables
- perlsub Perl subroutines
- perlmod Perl modules: how they work
- perlmodlib Perl modules: how to write and use
- perlmodinstall Perl modules: how to install from CPAN
- perlnewpod Perl modules: preparing a new module for distribution
+ perllol Perl data structures: arrays of arrays
+ perlopentut Perl open() tutorial
+ perlretut Perl regular expressions tutorial
+ perlref Perl references, the rest of the story
+ perlre Perl regular expressions, the rest of the story
perlform Perl formats
- perlunicode Perl unicode support
perllocale Perl locale support
+ perlunicode Perl unicode support
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+ perlipc Perl interprocess communication
+ perlfork Perl fork() information
+ perlnumber Perl number semantics
+ perlthrtut Perl threads tutorial
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+ perlport Perl portability guide
+ perlsec Perl security
- perlreftut Perl references short introduction
- perlref Perl references, the rest of the story
- perldsc Perl data structures intro
- perllol Perl data structures: arrays of arrays
perlboot Perl OO tutorial for beginners
perltoot Perl OO tutorial, part 1
perltootc Perl OO tutorial, part 2
perlobj Perl objects
- perltie Perl objects hidden behind simple variables
perlbot Perl OO tricks and examples
- perlipc Perl interprocess communication
- perlfork Perl fork() information
- perlthrtut Perl threads tutorial
- perllexwarn Perl warnings and their control
- perlfilter Perl source filters
- perldbmfilter Perl DBM filters
+ perltie Perl objects hidden behind simple variables
- perlcompile Perl compiler suite intro
- perldebug Perl debugging
- perldiag Perl diagnostic messages
- perlnumber Perl number semantics
- perlsec Perl security
- perltrap Perl traps for the unwary
- perlport Perl portability guide
- perlstyle Perl style guide
+ perlmod Perl modules: how they work
+ 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
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+ 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
- perlpod Perl plain old documentation
- perlbook Perl book information
+ perlcompile Perl compiler suite intro
perlembed Perl ways to embed perl in your C or C++ application
- perlapio Perl internal IO abstraction interface
perldebguts Perl debugging guts and tips
- perlxs Perl XS application programming interface
perlxstut Perl XS tutorial
+ perlxs Perl XS application programming interface
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)
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+ perlapio Perl internal IO abstraction interface
perltodo Perl things to do
perlhack Perl hackers guide
+
perlhist Perl history records
+ perldelta Perl changes since previous version
+ 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
perlcygwin Perl notes for Cygwin
perlmachten Perl notes for Power MachTen
perlos2 Perl notes for OS/2
perlos390 Perl notes for OS/390
+ perlposix-bc Perl notes for POSIX-BC
perlvms Perl notes for VMS
perlwin32 Perl notes for Windows