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perlsyn - syntax
perldata - Perl data types
perlsub - subroutine function
perlop - operator
perlfunc - function
perlpod - POD plain old documentation
perlpodspec - Plain Old Documentation: format specification and notes
perldiag - various Perl diagnostics
perllexwarn - warning, lexical warnings warning
perldebug - debug debugger
perlvar - Perl predefined variables
perlre - regular expression regex regexp
perlreref - Perl Regular Expressions Reference
perlref - reference pointer data structure structure struct
perlform - format report chart
perlobj - object OOP
perltie - tie
perldbmfilter - Perl DBM Filters
perlipc - Perl interprocess communication (signals, fifos, pipes, safe subprocesses, sockets, and semaphores)
perlfork - Perl's fork() emulation
perlnumber - semantics of numbers and numeric operations in Perl
perlperf - Perl Performance and Optimization Techniques
perlport - Writing portable Perl
perllocale - Perl locale handling (internationalization and localization)
perluniintro - Perl Unicode introduction
perlunicode - Unicode support in Perl
perlebcdic - Considerations for running Perl on EBCDIC platforms
perlsec - Perl security
perlmod - Perl modules (packages and symbol tables)
perlmodlib - constructing new Perl modules and finding existing ones
perlmodstyle - Perl module style guide
perlmodinstall - Installing CPAN Modules
perlnewmod - preparing a new module for distribution
perlcompile - Introduction to the Perl Compiler-Translator
perlfilter - Source Filters
perlglossary - Perl Glossary
CORE - Pseudo-namespace for Perl's core routines

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