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perlfaq2(1) -- Obtaining and Learning about Perl ($Revision: 1.7 $, $Date: 2004/04/07 21:33:08 $)
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This section of the FAQ answers questions about where to find source and documentation for Perl, support, and related matters. What machines support Perl? Where do I get it? The standard release of Pe... |
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perlfaq3(1) -- Programming Tools ($Revision: 1.7 $, $Date: 2004/04/07 21:33:08 $)
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This section of the FAQ answers questions related to programmer tools and programming support. How do I do (anything)? Have you looked at CPAN (see perlfaq2)? The chances are that someone has already ... |
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perlfaq4(1) -- Data Manipulation ($Revision: 1.7 $, $Date: 2004/04/07 21:33:08 $)
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This section of the FAQ answers questions related to manipulating numbers, dates, strings, arrays, hashes, and miscellaneous data issues. Data: Numbers Why am I getting long decimals (eg, 19.949999999... |
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perlfaq5(1) -- Files and Formats ($Revision: 1.8 $, $Date: 2004/08/09 18:10:15 $)
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This section deals with I/O and the "f" issues: filehandles, flushing, formats, and footers. How do I flush/unbuffer an output filehandle? Why must I do this? Perl does not support truly unbuffered ... |
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perlfaq6(1) -- Regular Expressions ($Revision: 1.6 $, $Date: 2003/12/03 03:02:44 $)
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This section is surprisingly small because the rest of the FAQ is littered with answers involving regular expressions. For example, decoding a URL and checking whether something is a number are handle... |
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perlfaq7(1) -- General Perl Language Issues ($Revision: 1.6 $, $Date: 2003/12/03 03:02:45 $)
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This section deals with general Perl language issues that don't clearly fit into any of the other sections. Can I get a BNF/yacc/RE for the Perl language? There is no BNF, but you can paw your way th... |
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perlfaq8(1) -- System Interaction ($Revision: 1.7 $, $Date: 2004/08/09 18:10:15 $)
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This section of the Perl FAQ covers questions involving operating system interaction. Topics include interprocess communication (IPC), control over the user-interface (keyboard, screen and pointing de... |
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perlfaq9(1) -- Networking ($Revision: 1.6 $, $Date: 2003/12/03 03:02:45 $)
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This section deals with questions related to networking, the internet, and a few on the web. What is the correct form of response from a CGI script? (Alan Flavell answers... |
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perlfilter(1) -- Source Filters
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This article is about a little-known feature of Perl called source filters. Source filters alter the program text of a module before Perl sees it, much as a C preprocessor alters the source text of a ... |
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perlfork(1) -- Perl's fork() emulation
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The fork() emulation is implemented at the level of the Perl interpreter. What this means in general is that running fork() will actually clone the running interpreter and all its state, and run the c... |
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perlform(1) -- Perl formats
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Perl has a mechanism to help you generate simple reports and charts. To facilitate this, Perl helps you code up your output page close to how it will look when it's printed. It can keep track of thin... |
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perlfunc(1) -- Perl builtin functions
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The functions in this section can serve as terms in an expression. They fall into two major categories: list operators and named unary operators. These differ in their precedence relationship with a f... |
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perlgpl(1) -- the GNU General Public License, version 2
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This is "The GNU General Public License, version 2". It's here so that modules, programs, etc., that want to declare this as their distribution license, can link to it. It is also one of the two li... |
