I have tested the ouput of several unix commands (ls, man, display, gzip) and all look good:

[jeffa@trinity jeffa]$ man2pod gzip > foo.pod
[jeffa@trinity jeffa]$ perldoc foo.pod
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jeffa

L-LL-L--L-LL-L--L-LL-L--
-R--R-RR-R--R-RR-R--R-RR
F--F--F--F--F--F--F--F--
(the triplet paradiddle)