mkdir pod perl -MIO::File -lpe ' s/^_CUT: (.*)$// and do { *STDOUT = IO::File->new(">pod/$1"); }; s/^_DB: (.*)$// and do { $_ = qx[psql -c "$1"]; s/^/ /gm; }; ' mydb.pod #### _CUT: viewtable_.pod =head1 NAME =head1 DESCRIPTION =head1 COLUMNS () - =head1 SCHEMA _DB: \d+ =cut