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What do those cryptic symbols mean?

it depends, what module did you find that in?

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Re^2: .pm Files (.pm is just extension)
by carlriz (Beadle) on Mar 27, 2014 at 20:23 UTC

    This is where I found them: File::HomeDir::Test.3pm.

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      "This is where I found them: File::HomeDir::Test.3pm."

      Note the extension: ".3pm" not ".pm".

      Also note the double colons (::) in the file name. The filename for File::HomeDir::Test will be just 'Test.pm'. The pathname to the file will end with 'File/HomeDir/Test.pm'.

      -- Ken

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      That's the man page (ie. documentation), so the language is probably nroff.

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      Try file ....3pm and see what it tells you
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