I have a perl script (generatePODs.pl) to generate POD files for a set of other perl scripts. In the script, I do something like the following: 
    print DOCFILE <<"DOCS";
=pod

=head1 NAME

$programName
...

DOCS

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However, when do a perldoc on my script itself 
perldoc generatePODs.pl

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perldoc picks up the POD inside the heredocs and puts it before the POD for the generation script. 
GENERATEPODS(1)       User Contributed Perl Documentation      GENERAT
+EPODS(1)

NAME
       $programName
......

NAME
       generatePODs.pl

DESCRIPTION
       This program generates PODs

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I looked at the perldoc and pod2man man pages and it was not clear to me as to how to make perldoc ignore the POD embedded inside the heredoc. How can I do that?

In reply to Ignoring embedded POD by Anonymous Monk

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