=head1 NAME perlfaq2 - Obtaining and Learning about Perl =head1 VERSION version 5.20210520 =head1 DESCRIPTION This section of the FAQ answers questions about where to find source and documentation ...

#!/home/centos/perldoc-browser/perls/5.38.2/bin/perl eval 'exec perl -S $0 "$@"' if 0; ########## # pod2usage -- command to print usage messages from embedded pod docs # # Copyright (c) 1996-2000 b...

=over =item %{^HOOK} X<%{^HOOK}> This hash contains coderefs which are called when various perl keywords which are hard or impossible to wrap are called. The keys of this hash are named after the k...

=over =item $PROGRAM_NAME =item $0 X<$0> X<$PROGRAM_NAME> Contains the name of the program being executed. On some (but not all) operating systems assigning to C<$0> modifies the argument area that...

=over =item ${^CHILD_ERROR_NATIVE} X<$^CHILD_ERROR_NATIVE> The native status returned by the last pipe close, backtick (C<``>) command, successful call to C<wait()> or C<waitpid()>, or from the C<s...

=over =item $POSTMATCH =item $' X<$'> X<$POSTMATCH> X<@-> The string following whatever was matched by the last successful pattern match. (See L</Scoping Rules of Regex Variables>). Example: local ...

=over =item $# X<$#> C<$#> was a variable that could be used to format printed numbers. After a deprecation cycle, its magic was removed in Perl v5.10.0 and using it now triggers a warning: C<$# is...

=over =item $BASETIME =item $^T X<$^T> X<$BASETIME> The time at which the program began running, in seconds since the epoch (beginning of 1970). The values returned by the B<-M>, B<-A>, and B<-C> f...

=over =item @LAST_MATCH_START =item @- X<@-> X<@LAST_MATCH_START> This array holds the offsets of the beginnings of the last successful match and any capture buffers it contains. (See L</Scoping Ru...

=over =item %{^CAPTURE} =item %LAST_PAREN_MATCH =item %+ X<%+> X<%LAST_PAREN_MATCH> X<%{^CAPTURE}> Similar to C<@+>, the C<%+> hash allows access to the named capture buffers, should they exist, in...