F<splain> is an interface to L<perldiag> - paste in your error message
to it, and it'll explain it for you.
-=item L<roffitall|roffitall>
+=item C<roffitall>
The C<roffitall> utility is not installed on your system but lives in
the F<pod/> directory of your Perl source kit; it converts all the
=back
-=head2 Convertors
+=head2 Converters
To help you convert legacy programs to Perl, we've included three
conversion filters:
based around this code:
while (<>) {
- ($Fld1,$Fld2) = split(/[:\n]/, $_, 9999);
+ ($Fld1,$Fld2) = split(/[:\n]/, $_, -1);
print $Fld2;
}
please read through the documentation for F<perlbug> thoroughly before
using it to submit a bug report.
+=item L<perlthanks|perlbug>
+
+This program provides an easy way to send a thank-you message back to the
+authors and maintainers of perl. It's just F<perlbug> installed under
+another name.
+
=item L<h2ph|h2ph>
Back before Perl had the XS system for connecting with C libraries,
necessary to let C functions manipulate Perl values and creates the glue
necessary to let Perl access those functions.
-=item L<dprofpp|dprofpp>
-
-Perl comes with a profiler, the F<Devel::DProf> module. The
-F<dprofpp> utility analyzes the output of this profiler and tells you
-which subroutines are taking up the most run time. See L<Devel::DProf>
-for more information.
-
=item L<prove>
-F<prove> is a command-line interface to the test-running functionality of
+F<prove> is a command-line interface to the test-running functionality
of F<Test::Harness>. It's an alternative to C<make test>.
=item L<corelist>
B<piconv> is a Perl version of B<iconv>, a character encoding converter
widely available for various Unixen today. This script was primarily a
-technology demonstrator for Perl 5.8.0, but you can use piconv in the
+technology demonstrator for Perl v5.8.0, but you can use piconv in the
place of iconv for virtually any case.
=item L<ptar>
=item L<ptardiff>
F<ptardiff> is a small utility that produces a diff between an extracted
-archive and an unextracted one.
+archive and an unextracted one. (Note that this utility requires the
+C<Text::Diff> module to function properly; this module isn't distributed
+with perl, but is available from the CPAN.)
+
+=item L<ptargrep>
+
+F<ptargrep> is a utility to apply pattern matching to the contents of files
+in a tar archive.
=item L<shasum>
This utility, that comes with the C<Digest::SHA> module, is used to print
or verify SHA checksums.
+=item L<zipdetails>
+
+L<zipdetails> displays information about the internal record structure of the zip file.
+It is not concerned with displaying any details of the compressed data stored in the zip file.
+
=back
=head2 Installation
perl -MCPAN -e shell
+=item L<cpanp>
+
+F<cpanp> is, like F<cpan>, a command-line interface to the CPAN, using
+the C<CPANPLUS> module as a back-end. It can be used interactively or
+imperatively.
+
+=item L<cpan2dist>
+
+F<cpan2dist> is a tool to create distributions (or packages) from CPAN
+modules, then suitable for your package manager of choice. Support for
+specific formats are available from CPAN as C<CPANPLUS::Dist::*> modules.
+
=item L<instmodsh>
A little interface to ExtUtils::Installed to examine installed modules,
L<perldoc|perldoc>, L<pod2man|pod2man>, L<perlpod>,
L<pod2html|pod2html>, L<pod2usage|pod2usage>, L<podselect|podselect>,
L<podchecker|podchecker>, L<splain|splain>, L<perldiag>,
-L<roffitall|roffitall>, L<a2p|a2p>, L<s2p|s2p>, L<find2perl|find2perl>,
+C<roffitall|roffitall>, L<a2p|a2p>, L<s2p|s2p>, L<find2perl|find2perl>,
L<File::Find|File::Find>, L<pl2pm|pl2pm>, L<perlbug|perlbug>,
-L<h2ph|h2ph>, L<c2ph|c2ph>, L<h2xs|h2xs>, L<dprofpp|dprofpp>,
-L<Devel::DProf>, L<enc2xs>, L<xsubpp>, L<cpan>,
-L<instmodsh>, L<piconv>, L<prove>, L<corelist>, L<ptar>, L<ptardiff>,
-L<shasum>
+L<h2ph|h2ph>, L<c2ph|c2ph>, L<h2xs|h2xs>, L<enc2xs>, L<xsubpp>,
+L<cpan>, L<cpanp>, L<cpan2dist>, L<instmodsh>, L<piconv>, L<prove>,
+L<corelist>, L<ptar>, L<ptardiff>, L<shasum>, L<zipdetails>
=cut