in reply to perldoc PATH

I don't think perldoc can recursively search the PATH directories. It does have a -r switch which can recursively search the @INC directories: 
perldoc -h

    -r   Recursive search (slow)

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If you really need this, I guess you could append all the PATH dirs to @INC.

See also perldoc -D

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Re^2: perldoc PATH
by Anonymous Monk on Jul 11, 2013 at 15:02 UTC
    Thanks. That works well. Bit slow (I guess because of the recursive search), but works OK.

    I am also going to generate 'man' files using pod2man. Is there a similar recursive search for UNIX man command as well.

    I also see that you can do a 'man' instead of perldoc for installed perl modules and the man page appears identical to perldoc output. For example 

    man File::Path
perldoc File::Path

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    generate similar looking output.

    I do see that the man files are in a single directory. Does that mean I have to put the 'man' files in a single directory?

    Thanks

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      Is there a similar recursive search for UNIX man command as well.
      Check the docs: 
      man man

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      I also see that you can do a 'man' instead of perldoc
      As documented in perldoc.
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