VIEWPERL

NAME

viewperl - quickly view syntax highlighted Perl code

SYNOPSIS

viewperl [OPTION]... FILE...

DESCRIPTION

View a Perl source code file, syntax highlighted.
-c, --code=CODE

view CODE, syntax highlighted

-l, --lines

display line numbers

-L, --no-lines

suppress display of line numbers (default)

-m, --module=FILE

consider FILE the name of a module, not a file name

-n, --name

display the name of each file (default)

-N, --no-name

suppress display of file names (implied by --no-reset)

-p, --pod

display inline POD documentation (default)

-P, --no-pod

hide POD documentation (line numbers still increment)

-r, --reset

reset formatting and line numbers each file (default)

-R, --no-reset

suppress resetting of formatting and line numbers

-s, --shift=WIDTH

set tab width (default is 4)

-t, --tabs

translate tabs into spaces (default)

-T, --no-tabs

suppress translating of tabs into spaces

--help

display this help and exit

Note that module names should be given as they would appear after a Perl ‘use’ or ‘require’ statement. ‘Getopt::Long’, for example.

Each string given using -c is considered a different file, so line number and formatting resets will apply.

View a Perl source code file, syntax highlighted.
-c, --code=CODE

view CODE, syntax highlighted

-l, --lines

display line numbers

-L, --no-lines

suppress display of line numbers (default)

-m, --module=FILE

consider FILE the name of a module, not a file name

-n, --name

display the name of each file (default)

-N, --no-name

suppress display of file names (implied by --no-reset)

-p, --pod

display inline POD documentation (default)

-P, --no-pod

hide POD documentation (line numbers still increment)

-r, --reset

reset formatting and line numbers each file (default)

-R, --no-reset

suppress resetting of formatting and line numbers

-s, --shift=WIDTH

set tab width (default is 4)

-t, --tabs

translate tabs into spaces (default)

-T, --no-tabs

suppress translating of tabs into spaces

--help

display this help and exit

Note that module names should be given as they would appear after a Perl ‘use’ or ‘require’ statement. ‘Getopt::Long’, for example.

Each string given using -c is considered a different file, so line number and formatting resets will apply.