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Re: Perldoc for Non-Computer Peopleby zentara (Archbishop) |
on May 05, 2006 at 12:00 UTC ( [id://547625]=note: print w/replies, xml ) | Need Help?? |
and speak in small words Read "perldoc perldoc". :-) For a beginner all you need to know is "perldoc -f somefunction" will give the documentation for a perl function (if it exists ) "perldoc -q somekeyword" will search the excellent Perl faqs for that keyword, and will return all the references to the keyword in the faqs. Like "perldoc -q number" When you are in a perldoc session, and you want to search for a word in it, hit /, followed by the search word and enter. Then that word will be found and highlighted. To read a module's documentation, it's "perldoc fullmodulename", like "perldoc Tk::Canvas" or "perldoc "MIME::Lite". For the inner workings of pod, look at juerd's pod tutorial I'm not really a human, but I play one on earth. flash japh
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