Perl Documentation

AnyDBM_File	provide framework for multiple DBMs	perlembed	how to embed perl in your C program
Archive		perlfaq	frequently asked questions about Perl
attributes	get/set subroutine or variable attributes	perlfaq1	General Questions About Perl
attrs	set/get attributes of a subroutine	perlfaq2	Obtaining and Learning about Perl
AutoLoader	load subroutines only on demand	perlfaq3	Programming Tools
AutoSplit	split a package for autoloading	perlfaq4	Data Manipulation
autouse	postpone load of modules until a function is used	perlfaq5	Files and Formats
B		perlfaq6	Regexes
B	The Perl Compiler	perlfaq7	Perl Language Issues
base	Establish IS-A relationship with base class at compile time	perlfaq8	System Interaction
Benchmark	benchmark running times of Perl code	perlfaq9	Networking
blib	Use MakeMaker's uninstalled version of a package	perlfilter	Source Filters
Bundle		perlfork	Perl's fork
ByteLoader	load byte compiled perl code	perlform	Perl formats
bytes	Perl pragma to force byte semantics rather than character semantics	perlfunc	Perl builtin functions
Carp		perlguts	Introduction to the Perl API
carp	warn of errors	perlhack	How to hack at the Perl internals
CGI		perlhist	the Perl history records
CGI	Simple Common Gateway Interface Class	perlintern	autogenerated documentation of purely B
charnames	define character names for C<\N{named}> string literal escape.	perlipc	Perl interprocess communication
Class		perllexwarn	Perl Lexical Warnings
Compress		perllocale	Perl locale handling
Config	access Perl configuration information	perllol	Manipulating Arrays of Arrays in Perl
constant	Perl pragma to declare constants	perlmod	Perl modules
CPAN		perlmodinstall	Installing CPAN Modules
CPAN	query, download and build perl modules from CPAN sites	perlmodlib	constructing new Perl modules and finding existing ones
Cwd	get pathname of current working directory	perlnewmod	preparing a new module for distribution
Data		perlnumber	semantics of numbers and numeric operations in Perl
DB	programmatic interface to the Perl debugging API (draft, subject to change)	perlobj	Perl objects
DB_File	Perl5 access to Berkeley DB version 1.x	perlop	Perl operators and precedence
Devel		perlopentut	tutorial on opening things in Perl
diagnostics	Perl compiler pragma to force verbose warning diagnostics	perlos2	Perl under OS/2, DOS, Win0.3*, Win0.95 and WinNT.
DirHandle	supply object methods for directory handles	perlpod	plain old documentation
Dumpvalue	provides screen dump of Perl data.	perlport	Writing portable Perl
DynaLoader	Dynamically load C libraries into Perl code	perlre	Perl regular expressions
English	use nice English names for ugly punctuation variables	perlref	Perl references and nested data structures
Env	perl module that imports environment variables as scalars or arrays	perlreftut	Mark's very short tutorial about references
Errno	System errno constants	perlrequick	Perl regular expressions quick start
Exporter		perlretut	Perl regular expressions tutorial
Exporter	Implements default import method for modules	perlrun	how to execute the Perl interpreter
ExtUtils		perlsec	Perl security
Fatal	replace functions with equivalents which succeed or die	perlstyle	Perl style guide
Fcntl	load the C Fcntl.h defines	perlsub	Perl subroutines
fields	compile-time class fields	perlsyn	Perl syntax
File		perlthrtut	tutorial on threads in Perl
FileCache	keep more files open than the system permits	perltie	how to hide an object class in a simple variable
FileHandle	supply object methods for filehandles	perltoc	perl documentation table of contents
filetest	Perl pragma to control the filetest permission operators	perltodo	Perl TO-DO List
FindBin	Locate directory of original perl script	perltoot	Tom's object-oriented tutorial for perl
Font		perltootc	Tom's OO Tutorial for Class Data in Perl
Getopt		perltrap	Perl traps for the unwary
HTML		perlunicode	Unicode support in Perl
HTTP		perlutil	utilities packaged with the Perl distribution
I18N		perlvar	Perl predefined variables
inet_ntoa	load the C socket.h defines and structure manipulators	perlvms	VMS-specific documentation for Perl
integer	Perl pragma to use integer arithmetic instead of floating point	perlwin32	Perl under Win32
IO		perlxs	XS language reference manual
IO	load various IO modules	perlXStut	Tutorial for writing XSUBs
IPC		POSIX	Perl interface to IEEE Std 1003.1
less	perl pragma to request less of something from the compiler	re	Perl pragma to alter regular expression behaviour
lib	manipulate @INC at compile time	README.aix	Perl version 5 on IBM Unix systems
locale	Perl pragma to use and avoid POSIX locales for built-in operations	README.BS2000	building and installing Perl for BS2000.
LWP		README.cygwin	Perl for Cygwin
LWP	The World-Wide Web library for Perl	README.epoc	Perl for EPOC
lwpcook	The libwww-perl cookbook	README.hpux	Perl version 5 on Hewlett-Packard Unix systems
Math		README.machten	Perl version 5 on Power MachTen systems
MD5	Perl interface to the MD5 Message-Digest Algorithm	README.macos	Perl under Mac OS
Mon	Dec 3 17:05:45 2001: C	README.mpeix	Perl/iX for HP e3000 MPE
NDBM_File	Tied access to ndbm files	README.os390	building and installing Perl for OS/390.
Net		README.solaris	Perl version 5 on Solaris systems
O	Generic interface to Perl Compiler backends	README.vmesa	building and installing Perl for VM/ESA.
ODBM_File	Tied access to odbm files	README.vos	Perl for Stratus VOS
Opcode	Disable named opcodes when compiling perl code	Safe	Compile and execute code in restricted compartments
open	perl pragma to set default disciplines for input and output	SDBM_File	Tied access to sdbm files
ops	Perl pragma to restrict unsafe operations when compiling	Search
overload	Package for overloading perl operations	SelectSaver	save and restore selected file handle
perl	Practical Extraction and Report Language	SelfLoader	load functions only on demand
perlamiga	Perl under Amiga OS	Shell	run shell commands transparently within perl
perlapi	autogenerated documentation for the perl public API	sigtrap	Perl pragma to enable simple signal handling
perlapio	perl's IO abstraction interface.	strict	Perl pragma to restrict unsafe constructs
perlbook	Perl book information	subs	Perl pragma to predeclare sub names
perlboot	Beginner's Object-Oriented Tutorial	Symbol	manipulate Perl symbols and their names
perlbot	Bag'o Object Tricks	Sys
perlcall	Perl calling conventions from C	Term
perlclib	Internal replacements for standard C library functions	Test
perlcompile	Introduction to the Perl Compiler-Translator	Test	provides a simple framework for writing test scripts
perldata	Perl data types	Text
perldbmfilter	Perl DBM Filters	Tie
perldebguts	Guts of Perl debugging	Time
perldebtut	Perl debugging tutorial	UNIVERSAL	base class for ALL classes
perldebug	Perl debugging	URI
perldelta	what's new for perl v5.6.x	URI	Uniform Resource Identifiers
perldelta	what's new for perl5.004	User
perldelta	what's new for perl5.005	utf8	Perl pragma to enable/disable UTF-8 in source code
perldiag	various Perl diagnostics	vars	Perl pragma to predeclare global variable names
perldos	Perl under DOS, W31, W95.	WAIT
perldsc	Perl Data Structures Cookbook	warnings	Perl pragma to control optional warnings
perlebcdic	Considerations for running Perl on EBCDIC platforms	WWW

Maintained by Andreas Borchert, last updated on 10-03-2002