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in reply to Re^2: "use strict" and formats
in thread "use strict" and formats

Not a silly question...
    perldoc -f format

But... (addressing silliness of not knowing) make yourself familiar with perldoc for general answers to similar questions. You may want to start with
    perldoc -h | more or
    perldoc perldoc and work from there.