Perldoc [option]

Fast

perldoc perlcheat :packadd viewdoc :ViewDocPerl perlcheat

Module Options

     Module documentation     

-l Module filepath
-lm Module filepath (alt.)
-m Module source

Search Options

-f Get a built-in function definition

            `perldoc -f open`

-v Get a variable definition -q Search the faq for a keyword

            `perldoc -q html`

Commonly Used Entries

perl Language overview, list of all other entries perltoc Table of contents perlsyn List of all symbols (if for)) perlfunc Built-in functions documentation perlvar Predefined variables documentation perlref References documentation perlre Regex documentation perlcheat Cheatsheet perlrun Command line options faq The Perl FAQ perlsecret Some secret operator perldebguts Debug if you have guts

Tutorial

perlreftut - Mark’s very short tutorial about references perldsc - data structure complex data structure struct perllol - Manipulating Arrays of Arrays in Perl perlrequick - Perl regular expressions quick start perlretut - Perl regular expressions tutorial perlboot - Links to information on object-oriented programming in Perl perlootut - Object-Oriented Programming in Perl Tutorial perltoot - Links to information on object-oriented programming in Perl perltooc - Links to information on object-oriented programming in Perl perlbot - Links to information on object-oriented programming in Perl perlstyle - Perl style guide perlcheat - Perl 5 Cheat Sheet perltrap - Perl traps for the unwary perldebtut - Perl debugging tutorial perlopentut - simple recipes for opening files and pipes in Perl perlpacktut - tutorial on pack and unpack perlthrtut - Tutorial on threads in Perl perlxstut - Tutorial for writing XSUBs perlunitut - Perl Unicode Tutorial perlpragma - how to write a user pragma

Language

perlsyn - syntax perldata - Perl data types perlsub - subroutine function perlop - operator perlfunc - function perlpod - POD plain old documentation perlpodspec - Plain Old Documentation: format specification and notes perlpodstyle - Perl POD style guide perldiag - various Perl diagnostics perllexwarn - Perl Lexical Warnings perldebug - debug debugger perlvar - Perl predefined variables perlre - regular expression regex regexp perlreref - Perl Regular Expressions Reference perlrebackslash - Perl Regular Expression Backslash Sequences and Escapes perlrecharclass - character class perlref - reference pointer data structure structure struct perlform - format report chart perlobj - object OOP perltie - tie perldbmfilter - Perl DBM Filters perlipc - Perl interprocess communication (signals, fifos, pipes, safe subprocesses, sockets, and semaphores) perlfork - Perl’s fork() emulation perlnumber - semantics of numbers and numeric operations in Perl perlperf - Perl Performance and Optimization Techniques perlport - Writing portable Perl perllocale - Perl locale handling (internationalization and localization) perluniintro - Perl Unicode introduction perlunicode - Unicode support in Perl perluniprops - Index of Unicode Version 9.0.0 character properties in Perl perlunicook - cookbookish examples of handling Unicode in Perl perlebcdic - Considerations for running Perl on EBCDIC platforms perlsec - Perl security perlmod - Perl modules (packages and symbol tables) perlmodlib - constructing new Perl modules and finding existing ones perlmodstyle - Perl module style guide perlmodinstall - Installing CPAN Modules perlnewmod - preparing a new module for distribution perlfilter - Source Filters perlglossary - Perl Glossary perlexperiment - A listing of experimental features in Perl perldtrace - Perl’s support for DTrace CORE - Namespace for Perl’s core routines

Help

man perldoc List of all perldoc options