I'd take out the part from perldoc perl and replace it with the output from perl --help. Seems perl.pod has gotten out of date. In particular, I notice the -C switch (which did one thing <5.8.1 and something very different >=5.8.1) is missing.
Output from 5.8.3:
Usage: ./perl [switches] [--] [programfile] [arguments]
-0[octal] specify record separator (\0, if no argument)
-a autosplit mode with -n or -p (splits $_ into @F)
-C[number/list] enables the listed Unicode features
-c check syntax only (runs BEGIN and CHECK blocks)
-d[:debugger] run program under debugger
-D[number/list] set debugging flags (argument is a bit mask or alpha
+bets)
-e program one line of program (several -e's allowed, omit prog
+ramfile)
-F/pattern/ split() pattern for -a switch (//'s are optional)
-i[extension] edit <> files in place (makes backup if extension su
+pplied)
-Idirectory specify @INC/#include directory (several -I's allowe
+d)
-l[octal] enable line ending processing, specifies line termin
+ator
-[mM][-]module execute `use/no module...' before executing program
-n assume 'while (<>) { ... }' loop around program
-p assume loop like -n but print line also, like sed
-P run program through C preprocessor before compilatio
+n
-s enable rudimentary parsing for switches after progra
+mfile
-S look for programfile using PATH environment variable
-t enable tainting warnings
-T enable tainting checks
-u dump core after parsing program
-U allow unsafe operations
-v print version, subversion (includes VERY IMPORTANT p
+erl info)
-V[:variable] print configuration summary (or a single Config.pm v
+ariable)
-w enable many useful warnings (RECOMMENDED)
-W enable all warnings
-x[directory] strip off text before #!perl line and perhaps cd to
+directory
-X disable all warnings
Also, I have trouble with your "Uncommon". Seems to me you cover only the most common switches (other than -w).
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