AnyDBM_File | Provides framework for multiple DBMs |
Attribute::Handlers | Simpler definition of attribute handlers (new in
5.8) |
attributes | Sets or gets attributes of a
subroutine |
attrs | Sets or gets attributes of a subroutine
(deprecated) |
AutoLoader | Loads functions only on demand |
AutoSplit | Splits a module for autoloading |
autouse | Postpones loading modules until a function is
used |
B | Perl compiler and tools |
base | Establishes IS-A relationship with base class at
compile time |
Benchmark | Checks and compares running times of
code |
bigint | Transparent big integer support for Perl (new in
5.8) |
bignum | Transparent BigNumber support for Perl (new in
5.8) |
bigrat | Transparent BigNumber/BigRational support for Perl
(new in 5.8) |
blib | Uses MakeMaker’s uninstalled version of a
package |
bytes | Perl pragma to force byte semantics rather than
character semantics |
ByteLoader | Loads byte-compiled Perl code |
Carp | Generates error messages |
CGI | Simple Common Gateway Interface
class |
CGI::Apache | Sets up environment to use CGI with Perl-Apache
API |
CGI::Carp | CGI routines for writing to HTTPD (or other) error
log |
CGI::Cookie | CGI interface to Netscape (HTTP/1.1)
cookies |
CGI::Fast | CGI interface for FastCGI |
CGI::Pretty | Module to produce nicely formatted HTML
code |
CGI::Push | Interface for server push operations |
CGI::Switch | Tries multiple constructors and returns the first
available CGI object |
charnames | Defines character names for N{named} string literal escape
|
Class::ISA | Reports the search path for a class’s ISA tree (new
in 5.8) |
Class::Struct | Declares struct-like datatypes as Perl
classes |
Config | Accesses Perl configuration
information |
constant | Perl pragma to declare constants |
CPAN | Queries, downloads, and builds Perl modules from
CPAN sites |
CPAN::FirstTime | Utility for CPAN::Config file
initialization |
CPAN::Nox | Wrapper around CPAN.pm without using any XS
module |
Cwd | Gets pathname of current working
directory |
Data::Dumper | Returns Perl data structures as
strings |
DB | Programmatic interface to the Perl debugging
API |
DB_File | Accesses Berkeley DB |
Devel::DProf | Perl Code Profiler |
Devel::PPPort | Module that assists with module porting between
Perl versions |
Devel::SelfStubber | Generates stubs for a self-loading
module |
diagnostics | Forces verbose warning diagnostics |
Digest | Modules that calculate message digests (new in
5.8) |
Digest::MD5 | Perl interface to the MD5 Algorithm (new in
5.8) |
DirHandle | Supplies object methods for directory
handles |
Dumpvalue | Provides a screen dump of Perl data |
DynaLoader | Automatic dynamic loading of Perl
modules |
encoding | Allows you to write your script in nonasii or
nonutf8 (new in 5.8) |
English | Uses English or awk names for
punctuation variables |
Env | Imports environment variables |
Errno | System errno constants from
errno.h include file |
Exporter | Default import method for modules |
ExtUtils::Command | Utilities to replace common Unix
commands |
ExtUtils::Command::MM | Commands that the MM’s can use in Makefiles (new in
5.8) |
ExtUtils::Constant | Generates XS code to import C header constants (new
in 5.8) |
ExtUtils::Embed | Utilities for embedding Perl in C/C++
applications |
ExtUtils::Install | Installs files from here to there |
ExtUtils::Installed | Inventory management of installed
modules |
ExtUtils::Liblist | Determines libraries to use and how to use
them |
ExtUtils::MakeMaker | Creates a Makefile for a Perl
extension |
ExtUtils::Manifest | Utilities to write and check a MANIFEST
file |
ExtUtils::Miniperl | Writes the C code for
perlmain.c |
ExtUtils::Mkbootstrap | Makes a bootstrap file for use by
DynaLoader |
ExtUtils::Mksymlists | Writes linker option files for dynamic
extension |
ExtUtils::MM | Operating system-adjusted ExtUtils::MakeMaker
subclass (new in 5.8) |
ExtUtils::MM_Any | Platform-agnostic MM methods (new in
5.8) |
ExtUtils::MM_BeOS | Methods that override UN*X behavior in
ExtUtils::MakeMaker (new in 5.8) |
ExtUtils::MM_DOS | DOS-specific subclass of ExtUtils::MM_Unix (new in
5.8) |
ExtUtils::MM_NW5 | Methods that override UN*X behavior in
ExtUtils::MakeMaker (new in 5.8) |
ExtUtils::MM_OS2 | Methods to override Unix behavior in
ExtUtils::MakeMaker |
ExtUtils::MM_Unix | Methods used by ExtUtils::MakeMaker |
ExtUtils::MM_UWIN | U/WIN-specific subclass of ExtUtils::MM_Unix (new
in 5.8) |
ExtUtils::MM_VMS | Methods to override Unix behavior in
ExtUtils::MakeMaker |
ExtUtils::MM_Win32 | Methods to override Unix behavior in
ExtUtils::MakeMaker |
ExtUtils::MY | ExtUtils::MakeMaker subclass for customization (new
in 5.8) |
ExtUtils::Packlist | Manages .packlist
files |
ExtUtils::testlib | Adds blib/* directories to
@INC |
Fatal | Replaces functions with equivalents that succeed or
die |
Fcntl | Loads the C fcntl.h
defines |
fields | Perl pragma to provide compile time-verified class
fields |
File::Basename | Parses file specifications |
File::CheckTree | Runs many tests on a collection of
files |
File::Compare | Compares files or filehandles |
File::Copy | Copies files or filehandles |
File::DosGlob | DOS-like globbing with enhancements |
File::Find | Traverses a file tree |
File::Path | Creates or removes a series of
directories |
File::Spec | Portably performs operations on
filenames |
File::Spec::Cygwin | Methods for Cygwin file specs (new in
5.8) |
File::stat | By-name interface to Perl’s built-in stat functions |
File::Temp | Returns the name and handle of a temporary file
safely |
FileCache | Keeps more files open than the system
permits |
FileHandle | Supplies object methods for
filehandles |
Filter::Simple | Simplified source filtering (new in
5.8) |
Filter::Util::Call | Perl Source Filter Utility Module (new in
5.8) |
FindBin | Locates directory of original Perl
script |
GDBM_File | Tied access to GDBM library |
Getopt::Long | Extended processing of command-line
options |
Getopt::Std | Processes single-character options with option
clustering |
Hash::Util | A selection of general utility hash subroutines
(new in 5.8) |
I18N::Collate | Compares 8-bit scalar data according to the current
locale |
I18N::Langinfo | Queries locale information (new in
5.8) |
I18N::LangTags | Functions for dealing with RFC3066-style language
tags (new in 5.8) |
I18N::LangTags::List | Tags and names for human languages (new in
5.8) |
if | Uses a Perl module if a condition holds (new in
5.8) |
integer | Does arithmetic in integer instead of
double |
IO | Loads various I/O modules |
IO::File | Supplies object methods for
filehandles |
IO::Handle | Supplies object methods for I/O
handles |
IO::Pipe | Supplies object methods for pipes |
IO::Seekable | Supplies seek-based methods for I/O
objects |
IO::Select | Object-oriented interface to the select system
call |
IO::Socket | Object interface to socket
communications |
IPC::Msg | System V Msg IPC object class |
IPC::Open2 | Opens a process for both reading and
writing |
IPC::Open3 | Opens a process for reading, writing, and error
handling |
IPC::Semaphore | System V Semaphore IPC object class |
IPC::SysV | System V IPC constants |
less | Perl pragma to request less of something from the
compiler |
lib | Manipulates @INC
at compile time |
List::Util | A selection of general utility list subroutines
(new in 5.8) |
locale | Perl pragma to use and avoid POSIX locales for
built-in operations |
Math::BigFloat | Arbitrary-length floating-point math
package |
Math::BigInt | Arbitrary-length integer math
package |
Math::BigInt::Calc | Pure Perl module to support Math::BigInt (new in
5.8) |
Math::BigRat | Arbitrarily big rationals (new in
5.8) |
Math::Complex | Complex numbers package |
Math::Trig | Trigonometric functions |
MIME::Base64 | Encoding and decoding of base64 strings (new in
5.8) |
MIME::QuotedPrint | Encoding and decoding of quoted, printable strings
(new in 5.8) |
NDBM_File | Tied access to NDBM files |
Net::Cmd | Network Command class (new in 5.8) |
Net::Config | Local configuration data for libnet (new in
5.8) |
Net::Domain | Attempts to evaluate the current host’s Internet
name and domain (new in 5.8) |
Net::FTP | FTP Client class (new in 5.8) |
Net::hostent | By-name interface to Perl’s built-in gethost* functions |
Net::netent | By-name interface to Perl’s built-in getnet* functions |
Net::Netrc | OO interface to user’s netrc file (new in
5.8) |
Net::NNTP | NNTP Client class (new in 5.8) |
Net::Ping | Checks whether a host is online |
Net::POP3 | Post Office Protocol 3 Client class (new in
5.8) |
Net::protoent | By-name interface to Perl’s built-in getproto* functions |
Net::servent | By-name interface to Perl’s built-in getserv* functions |
Net::SMTP | Simple Mail Transfer Protocol Client class (new in
5.8) |
Net::Time | Time and daytime network client interface (new in
5.8) |
ODBM_File | Tied access to ODBM files |
Opcode | Disables named opcodes when compiling Perl
code |
ops | Restricts unsafe operations when
compiling |
overload | Overloads Perl’s mathematical
operations |
PerlIO | On-demand loader for PerlIO layers and root of
PerlIO::* namespace (added in 5.8) |
PerlIO::Scalar | Support module for in-memory I/O (new in
5.8) |
PerlIO::Via | Helper class for PerlIO layers implemented in Perl
(new in 5.8) |
Pod::Functions | Used in converting from pod to HTML |
Pod::Html | Module to convert pod files to HTML |
Pod::ParseLink | Parses link-formatting code in POD documents (new
in 5.8) |
Pod::Text | Converts pod data to formatted ASCII
text |
POSIX | Perl interface to IEEE Std 1003.1 |
re | Perl pragma to alter regular expression
behavior |
Safe | Creates safe namespaces for evaluating Perl
code |
Scalar::Util | A selection of general-utility scalar subroutines
(new in 5.8) |
SDBM_File | Tied access to SDBM files |
Search::Dict | Searches for key in dictionary file |
SelectSaver | Saves and restores selected
filehandle |
SelfLoader | Loads functions only on demand |
Shell | Runs shell commands transparently within
Perl |
sigtrap | Enables stack backtrace on unexpected
signals |
Socket | Loads the C socket.h defines
and structure manipulators |
sort | Perl pragma that controls sort behavior (new in
5.8) |
Storable | Persistence for Perl data structures (new in
5.8) |
strict | Restricts unsafe constructs |
subs | Predeclares subroutine names |
Switch | A switch statement for Perl (new in
5.8) |
Symbol | Generates anonymous globs; qualifies variable
names |
Sys::Hostname | Tries every conceivable way to get
hostname |
Sys::Syslog | Perl interface to Unix syslog(3) calls |
Term::Cap | Terminal capabilities interface |
Term::Complete | Word completion module |
Term::ReadLine | Interface to various ReadLine
packages |
Test | Framework for writing test scripts |
Test::Builder | Backend for building text libraries (new in
5.8) |
Test::Harness | Runs Perl standard test scripts with
statistics |
Test::More | Yet another framework for writing test scripts (new
in 5.8) |
Test::Simple | Basic utilities for writing tests (new in
5.8) |
Text::Abbrev | Creates an abbreviation table from a
list |
Text::Balanced | Extracts delimited text sequences from strings (new
in 5.8) |
Text::ParseWords | Parses text into a list of tokens |
Text::Soundex | The soundex algorithm described by
Knuth |
Text::Tabs | Expands and unexpands tabs |
Text::Wrap | Wraps text into a paragraph |
Thread | Multithreading support |
Thread::Queue | Thread-safe queues |
Thread::Semaphore | Thread-safe semaphores |
Thread::Signal | Starts a thread that runs signal handlers
reliably |
Thread::Specific | Thread-specific keys |
Tie::Array | Base class definitions for tied
arrays |
Tie::File | Accesses the lines of a disk file via a Perl array
(new in 5.8) |
Tie::Handle | Base class definitions for tied
handles |
Tie::Hash | Base class definitions for tied
hashes |
Tie::Memoize | Adds data to a hash when needed (new in
5.8) |
Tie::RefHash | Uses references as hash keys |
Tie::Scalar | Base class definitions for tied
scalars |
Tie::SubstrHash | Fixed table size, fixed key length
hashing |
Time::gmtime | By-name interface to Perl’s built-in gmtime function |
Time::HiRes | High-resolution alarm, sleep, gettimeofday,
interval timers (new in 5.8) |
Time::Local | Computes time from local and GMT
time |
Time::localtime | By-name interface to Perl’s built-in localtime function |
Time::tm | Internal object used by Time::gmtime and
Time::localtime |
UNIVERSAL | Base class for all classes (blessed
references) |
User::grent | By-name interface to Perl’s built-in getgr* functions |
User::pwent | By-name interface to Perl’s built-in getpw* functions |
utf8 | Perl pragma to enable/disable UTF-8 in source
code |
vars | Predeclares global variable names |
vmsish | Perl pragma that controls VMS-specific language
features (new in 5.8) |
XS::Typemap | Module that tests the XS typemaps distributed with
Perl (new in 5.8) |