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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:
- 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
...
- 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
...
Cheers Rolf
( addicted to the Perl Programming Language)