[vox-tech] perl question -- running a bash built-in

[Michael Wenk]

perldoc perlfunc lists it near the top.  I usually do that, and either
search with / or quit and use perldoc -f.

Mike
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From: <msimons@moria.simons-clan.com>
To: <vox-tech@lists.lugod.org>
Sent: Thursday, December 05, 2002 2:45 PM
Subject: Re: [vox-tech] perl question -- running a bash built-in


> On Thu, Dec 05, 2002 at 02:25:39PM -0800, Michael Wenk wrote:
> > Also, the best way to get help on an individual function is with the
> > perldoc -f <func>.
>
>   I didn't know about this perldoc thing... it seems good if you know
> what you are after.  I'll consider referencing perldoc in the future...
>
>   I find the perlfunc list of Perl Functions by Category to be useful at a
> glance.  Is there some way to pull that out as well?
>
>     Thanks,
>       Mike
>
>   The two spaces before and one space after a function when searching
> perlfunc is a method I've created to avoid getting stuck in the wrong part
> of the manual too many times (it still has problems anytime the word being
> searched for begins a line of course)...
>   People who have the time should read all of perlfunc as it is a great
> reference.
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