=over =item @ARG =item @_ X<@_> X<@ARG> Within a subroutine the array C<@_> contains the parameters passed to that subroutine. Inside a subroutine, C<@_> is the default array for the array operator...

=over =item HANDLE->format_lines_left(EXPR) =item $FORMAT_LINES_LEFT =item $- X<$-> X<$FORMAT_LINES_LEFT> The number of lines left on the page of the currently selected output channel. Mnemonic: li...

=over =item $ARGV X<$ARGV> Contains the name of the current file when reading from C<< <> >>. =back

=over =item glob EXPR X<glob> X<wildcard> X<filename, expansion> X<expand> =item glob In list context, returns a (possibly empty) list of filename expansions on the value of EXPR such as the Unix s...

=over =item seek FILEHANDLE,POSITION,WHENCE X<seek> X<fseek> X<filehandle, position> Sets FILEHANDLE's position, just like the L<fseek(3)> call of C C<stdio>. FILEHANDLE may be an expression whose ...

=over =item readdir DIRHANDLE X<readdir> Returns the next directory entry for a directory opened by L<C<opendir>|/opendir DIRHANDLE,EXPR>. If used in list context, returns all the rest of the entri...

=over =item scalar EXPR X<scalar> X<context> Forces EXPR to be interpreted in scalar context and returns the value of EXPR. my @counts = ( scalar @a, scalar @b, scalar @c ); There is no equivalent ...

=over =item recv SOCKET,SCALAR,LENGTH,FLAGS X<recv> Receives a message on a socket. Attempts to receive LENGTH characters of data into variable SCALAR from the specified SOCKET filehandle. SCALAR w...

=over =item chroot FILENAME X<chroot> X<root> =item chroot This function works like the system call by the same name: it makes the named directory the new root directory for all further pathnames t...

=over =item telldir DIRHANDLE X<telldir> Returns the current position of the L<C<readdir>|/readdir DIRHANDLE> routines on DIRHANDLE. Value may be given to L<C<seekdir>|/seekdir DIRHANDLE,POS> to ac...