Document that -F doesn't accept whitespace in patterns.

[perl5.git] / pod / perlrun.pod

diff --git a/pod/perlrun.pod b/pod/perlrun.pod
index a5260a9..519e24f 100644 (file)
--- a/pod/perlrun.pod
+++ b/pod/perlrun.pod
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ B<perl> S<[ B<-sTtuUWX> ]>
        S<[ B<-hv> ] [ B<-V>[:I<configvar>] ]>
        S<[ B<-cw> ] [ B<-d>[B<t>][:I<debugger>] ] [ B<-D>[I<number/list>] ]>
        S<[ B<-pna> ] [ B<-F>I<pattern> ] [ B<-l>[I<octal>] ] [ B<-0>[I<octal/hexadecimal>] ]>
-       S<[ B<-I>I<dir> ] [ B<-m>[B<->]I<module> ] [ B<-M>[B<->]I<'module...'> ]>
+       S<[ B<-I>I<dir> ] [ B<-m>[B<->]I<module> ] [ B<-M>[B<->]I<'module...'> ] [ B<-f> ]>
        S<[ B<-A>[I<module>][=I<assertions>] ]>
        S<[ B<-C [I<number/list>] >]>
        S<[ B<-P> ]>
@@ -451,7 +451,7 @@ modules in non-standard locations.
 
 specifies the pattern to split on if B<-a> is also in effect.  The
 pattern may be surrounded by C<//>, C<"">, or C<''>, otherwise it will be
-put in single quotes.
+put in single quotes. You can't use literal whitespace in the pattern.
 
 =item B<-h>
 
@@ -620,6 +620,10 @@ importing symbols.  The actual code generated by B<-Mmodule=foo,bar> is
 C<use module split(/,/,q{foo,bar})>.  Note that the C<=> form
 removes the distinction between B<-m> and B<-M>.
 
+A consequence of this is that B<-MFoo=number> never does a version check
+(unless C<Foo::import()> itself is set up to do a version check, which
+could happen for example if Foo inherits from Exporter.)
+
 =item B<-n>
 
 causes Perl to assume the following loop around your program, which
@@ -981,7 +985,7 @@ The program should instead say:
 =item PERL5OPT
 
 Command-line options (switches).  Switches in this variable are taken
-as if they were on every Perl command line.  Only the B<-[DIMUdmtw]>
+as if they were on every Perl command line.  Only the B<-[CDIMUdmtwA]>
 switches are allowed.  When running taint checks (because the program
 was running setuid or setgid, or the B<-T> switch was used), this
 variable is ignored.  If PERL5OPT begins with B<-T>, tainting will be