On Thu, 2006-11-02 at 11:02 -0700, Bryan R Harris wrote:
> > On 11/1/06, Bryan R Harris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> >> "perldoc" to me has always been this kind of magicians hat where you
> >> wave a wand and chant some special words and magically out pops
> >> some thing you never read or heard before.
> >
> >> Is it possible to somehow pipe the whole thing into a text editor so
> >> I can scan or read the whole thing?
> >
> > Certainly. The command 'perldoc perldoc' will list the command line
> > options for perldoc; one of those will let you choose plain text or
> > another form of output.
> >
> > Alternatively, you could write your own program, possibly using one or
> > more modules, to locate and render pod files. There are several
> > modules on CPAN for pod.
> >
> > Is that all you needed? Hope this helps!
>
>
> I think I see how to get them in plain text, but how do I get *all* of them?
> I barely know how to use "perldoc -q" and "perldoc -f", is there a way to
> get perldoc to dump *everything* it knows into a huge text file?
You shouldn't need to do this, and some users have already given you
some suggestions. Here's some examples of how to use perldoc:
You need to know more about substr()?
$ perldoc -f substr
You don't know exactly what oct() does?
$ perldoc -f oct
Have a question that might be found in the FAQ?
$ perldoc -q reference
I hope that will get you started. Also; I believe Tom Pheonix has told
you, but to learn how to use perldoc, type "perldoc perldoc". :-)
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