Perl Manual (Texinfo version)

for perl version 4.0 patchlevel 36

Edition 0.6, dated 13 September 1993, printed on 8 March 1996

• Introduction
• GNU General Public License
  • Preamble
  • TERMS AND CONDITIONS
  • Appendix: How to Apply These Terms
• Conditions for Using Perl
• Description
• Perl Startup
  • Options
• Data Types and Objects
• Syntax
• Compound Statements
• Simple Statements
• Expressions
• Commands
  • Math Functions
  • Structure Conversion
  • String Functions
  • Array and List Functions
  • File Operations
  • Directory Reading Functions
  • Input/Output
  • Search and Replace Functions
  • System Interaction
  • Networking Functions - Interprocess Communication
  • Networking Functions - System V IPC
  • Time Related Functions
  • DBM Functions
  • Flow Control Functions
  • Perl Library Functions
  • Subroutine Functions
  • Variable Functions
  • Miscellaneous Functions
• Precedence
• Subroutines
• Passing By Reference
• Regular Expressions
• Formats
• Interprocess Communication
• Predefined Names
• Packages
• Style
• Debugging
• Setuid Scripts
• Environment
  • Files
• a2p - Awk to Perl Translator
  • Options for a2p
  • Considerations for Using a2p
  • Bugs in a2p
• s2p - Sed to Perl Translator
  • Options for s2p
  • Considerations
• h2ph - Converting C header files into Perl
  • Tidbits and Messages in h2ph
  • Bugs in h2ph
• Diagnostics
• Traps
  • Awk Traps
  • C Traps
  • Sed Traps
  • Shell Traps
• Bugs
• The Credits
• Errata and Addenda
• Command Summary (syntax only)
• Function Index
• Concept Index

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