For ease of access, the Perl manual has been split up into several sections.
+=head2 Overview
+
perl Perl overview (this section)
perlintro Perl introduction for beginners
- perlfaq Perl frequently asked questions
perltoc Perl documentation table of contents
- perlbook Perl book information
+
+=head2 Tutorials
+
+ 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
+
+ perlrequick Perl regular expressions quick start
+ perlretut Perl regular expressions tutorial
+
+ perlreftut Perl references short introduction
+ perldsc Perl data structures intro
+ perllol Perl data structures: arrays of arrays
+
+ perldebtut Perl debugging tutorial
+
+ perlopentut Perl open() tutorial
+
+ perlboot Perl OO tutorial for beginners
+ perltoot Perl OO tutorial, part 1
+ perltootc Perl OO tutorial, part 2
+ perlbot Perl OO tricks and examples
+
+=head2 Reference Manual
perlsyn Perl syntax
perldata Perl data structures
perlop Perl operators and precedence
perlsub Perl subroutines
- perlfunc Perl builtin functions
- perlreftut Perl references short introduction
- perldsc Perl data structures intro
- perlrequick Perl regular expressions quick start
+ perlfunc Perl built-in functions
perlpod Perl plain old documentation
- perlstyle Perl style guide
- perltrap Perl traps for the unwary
-
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
- perllol Perl data structures: arrays of arrays
- perlopentut Perl open() tutorial
- perlretut Perl regular expressions tutorial
-
perlre Perl regular expressions, the rest of the story
perlref Perl references, the rest of the story
-
perlform Perl formats
-
- perlboot Perl OO tutorial for beginners
- perltoot Perl OO tutorial, part 1
- perltooc 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
perlfork Perl fork() information
perlnumber Perl number semantics
perlthrtut Perl threads tutorial
- perlothrtut Perl old threads tutorial
+ perlothrtut Perl threads tutorial
perlport Perl portability guide
perllocale Perl locale support
perlsec Perl security
perlmod Perl modules: how they work
- perlmodinstall Perl modules: how to install from CPAN
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
- 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
+ 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
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
+ perlstyle Perl style guide
+ perltrap Perl traps for the unwary
+ perltodo Perl things to do
+
perlhist Perl history records
perldelta Perl changes since previous version
perl572delta Perl changes in version 5.7.2
perl5005delta Perl changes in version 5.005
perl5004delta Perl changes in version 5.004
+=head2 Platform-Specific
+
perlaix Perl notes for AIX
perlamiga Perl notes for AmigaOS
perlapollo Perl notes for Apollo DomainOS
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.
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