alias perlfunc='perldoc -f' # or as a function: function perlfunc { local func=${1:?"Need a function name"} perldoc "$1" } # add one of the above to your ".bashrc... #### > perlfunc print KFPMKBZGPT(1) User Contributed Perl Documentation KFPMKBZGPT(1) print FILEHANDLE LIST print FILEHANDLE print LIST print Prints a string or a list of strings. Returns true if successful. .... Printing to a closed pipe or socket will generate a SIGPIPE signal. See perlipc for more on signal handling. perl v5.16.2 2013-03-10 KFPMKBZGPT(1) #### man perlfunc