Re: perl docs -- I am so sick of...

[LanX]

see Re: Perldoc Keyword Search (update4)

Usage:

 pd m
Matches for m found in :
 /usr/share/perl/5.10/pod/perlop.pod

opens all perldocs with searchpattern X<m> in pager, reveals two hits:

1. hit in perlop

          ">>> X<m> <<<" in perlop
   
          Quote and Quote-like Operators
   
          While we usually think of quotes as literal values, in Perl the
   +y
          function as operators, providing various kinds of interpolating
   + and
          pattern matching capabilities.  Perl provides customary quote
   ...
   

2. hit in perlop

                   ">>> X<m> <<<" in perlop
   
          m/PATTERN/msixpogc
          /PATTERN/msixpogc
                  Searches a string for a pattern match, and in scalar co
   +ntext
                  returns true if it succeeds, false if it fails.  If no 
   +string
                  is specified via the "=~" or "!~" operator, the $_ stri
   +ng is
                  searched.  (The string specified with "=~" need not be 
   +an
                  lvalue--it may be the result of an expression evaluatio
   +n, but
   ...