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1 perry 1 POD2USAGE
2 !!!POD2USAGE
3 NAME
4 SYNOPSIS
5 OPTIONS AND ARGUMENTS
6 DESCRIPTION
7 SEE ALSO
8 AUTHOR
9 ----
10 !!NAME
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13 pod2usage - print usage messages from embedded pod docs in files
14 !!SYNOPSIS
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17 __pod2usage__
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20 [[__-help__] [[__-man__] [[__-exit__ ''exitval'']
21 [[__-output__ ''outfile''] [[__-verbose__
22 ''level''] [[__-pathlist__ ''dirlist'']
23 ''file''
24 !!OPTIONS AND ARGUMENTS
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27 __-help__
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30 Print a brief help message and exit.
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33 __-man__
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36 Print this command's manual page and exit.
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39 __-exit__ ''exitval''
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42 The exit status value to return.
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45 __-output__ ''outfile''
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48 The output file to print to. If the special names ``-'' or
49 ``
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52 __-verbose__ ''level''
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55 The desired level of verbosity to use:
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58 1 : print SYNOPSIS only
59 2 : print SYNOPSIS sections and any OPTIONS/ARGUMENTS sections
60 3 : print the entire manpage (similar to running pod2text)
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63 __-pathlist__ ''dirlist''
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66 Specifies one or more directories to search for the input
67 file if it was not supplied with an absolute path. Each
68 directory path in the given list should be separated by a
69 ':' on Unix (';' on MSWin32 and DOS
70 ).
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73 ''file''
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76 The pathname of a file containing pod documentation to be
77 output in usage mesage format (defaults to standard
78 input).
79 !!DESCRIPTION
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82 __pod2usage__ will read the given input file looking for
83 pod documentation and will print the corresponding usage
84 message. If no input file is specifed than standard input is
85 read.
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88 __pod2usage__ invokes the ''pod2usage()'' function in
89 the __Pod::Usage__ module. Please see
90 ``''pod2usage()'''' in Pod::Usage.
91 !!SEE ALSO
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94 Pod::Usage, ''pod2text''(1)
95 !!AUTHOR
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98 Brad Appleton
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101 Based on code for ''pod2text''__(1)__ written by Tom
102 Christiansen __
103 ----
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