Re: POD for .pl file ?

I have a feeling you're not having trouble putting the POD into the .pl file, but are confused as to how you are going to read it once it's in there.

If that's the case, perldoc -F filename.pl will work. (Note that the "F" is capital.)

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Re^2: POD for .pl file ? by xdg (Monsignor) on May 16, 2006 at 16:11 UTC
The `-F` generally isn't even needed. `perldoc filename.pl` will work just fine. -xdg Code written by xdg and posted on PerlMonks is public domain. It is provided as is with no warranties, express or implied, of any kind. Posted code may not have been tested. Use of posted code is at your own risk.	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^3: POD for .pl file ? by bigmacbear (Monk) on May 16, 2006 at 23:54 UTC
True, as long as the script is in the user's `$PATH`. perldoc searches `$PATH` as well as `@INC` so it can read the POD in the utility scripts that come with perl, including perldoc itself.	[reply]