Re^2: perldoc -lf anomaly

What do you expect -lf to produce???

I expected -lf to only return the name of the file "splice" was found in (perlfunc), instead of all the files it searched (perlfunc and perlop), but I guess it just doesn't work that way.

> You are combining two unrelated options.

Thanks for the clarification!

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Re^3: perldoc -lf anomaly (normality) by LanX (Saint) on May 09, 2026 at 14:05 UTC
For clarification, depending on the paths in the ENV perldoc might "find" different documents to generate doc. This is particular relevant if there is a NAME.pod file, forcing perldoc to ignore NAME.pl or NAME.pm. `-l` is supposed to show the path of the original files. In the case of `-f` both perlfunc and perlop must be "found" (and parsed) and -l will show their paths. This is actually relevant for debugging a messed up environment with multiple Perl installations. Edit According to `perldoc` the paths in PERL5LIB and PATH are searched for matching files. Cheers Rolf _{(addicted to the Perl Programming Language :) see Wikisyntax for the Monastery}	[reply] [d/l] [select]

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Re^3: perldoc -lf anomaly (normality)
by LanX (Saint) on May 09, 2026 at 14:05 UTC

"find"

This is particular relevant if there is a NAME.pod file, forcing perldoc to ignore NAME.pl or NAME.pm.

-l is supposed to show the path of the original files.

In the case of -f both perlfunc and perlop must be "found" (and parsed) and -l will show their paths.

This is actually relevant for debugging a messed up environment with multiple Perl installations.

Edit

According to perldoc the paths in PERL5LIB and PATH are searched for matching files.

Cheers Rolf
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