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VIEWPERL

NAME
SYNOPSIS
DESCRIPTION

NAME

viewperl - quickly view syntax highlighted Perl code

SYNOPSIS

viewperl [ OPTION ]... FILE ...

DESCRIPTION

View a Perl source code file, syntax highlighted.
-c
, --code = CODE

view CODE, syntax highlighted

-l , --lines

display line numbers

-L , --no-lines

suppress display of line numbers (default)

-m , --module = FILE

consider FILE the name of a module, not a file name

-n , --name

display the name of each file (default)

-N , --no-name

suppress display of file names (implied by --no-reset )

-p , --pod

display inline POD documentation (default)

-P , --no-pod

hide POD documentation (line numbers still increment)

-r , --reset

reset formatting and line numbers each file (default)

-R , --no-reset

suppress resetting of formatting and line numbers

-s , --shift = WIDTH

set tab width (default is 4)

-t , --tabs

translate tabs into spaces (default)

-T , --no-tabs

suppress translating of tabs into spaces

--help

display this help and exit

Note that module names should be given as they would appear after a Perl ‘use’ or ‘require’ statement. ‘Getopt::Long’, for example.

Each string given using -c is considered a different file, so line number and formatting resets will apply.

View a Perl source code file, syntax highlighted.
-c
, --code = CODE

view CODE, syntax highlighted

-l , --lines

display line numbers

-L , --no-lines

suppress display of line numbers (default)

-m , --module = FILE

consider FILE the name of a module, not a file name

-n , --name

display the name of each file (default)

-N , --no-name

suppress display of file names (implied by --no-reset )

-p , --pod

display inline POD documentation (default)

-P , --no-pod

hide POD documentation (line numbers still increment)

-r , --reset

reset formatting and line numbers each file (default)

-R , --no-reset

suppress resetting of formatting and line numbers

-s , --shift = WIDTH

set tab width (default is 4)

-t , --tabs

translate tabs into spaces (default)

-T , --no-tabs

suppress translating of tabs into spaces

--help

display this help and exit

Note that module names should be given as they would appear after a Perl ‘use’ or ‘require’ statement. ‘Getopt::Long’, for example.

Each string given using -c is considered a different file, so line number and formatting resets will apply.