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.IX Title "PIRL 1p"
.TH PIRL 1p "2017-01-21" "perl v5.24.1" "User Contributed Perl Documentation"
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.SH "NAME"
pirl \- A read\-eval\-print loop in Perl (see Shell::Perl)
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
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.Vb 2
\&    pirl
\&    pirl \-\-noornaments
\&
\&    pirl \-\-version
\&    pirl \-v
\&
\&    pirl \-I dir
\&    pirl \-Idir1 \-Idir2
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\&    $ pirl
\&    Welcome to the Perl shell. Type \*(Aq:help\*(Aq for more information
\&
\&
\&    pirl @> 1+1
\&    2
\&
\&    pirl @> use YAML qw(Load Dump);
\&    ()
\&
\&    pirl @> $data = Load("\-\-\- { a: 1, b: [ 1, 2, 3] }\en");
\&    { a => 1, b => [1, 2, 3] }
\&
\&    pirl @> $var = \*(Aqa 1 2 3\*(Aq; $var =~ /(\ew+) (\ed+) (\ed+)/
\&    ("a", 1, 2)
\&
\&    pirl @> :q
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This script is the command-line interface to \f(CW\*(C`Shell::Perl\*(C'\fR
which does it all.
.PP
By now, read the fine details at \f(CW\*(C`Shell::Perl\*(C'\fR documentation.
.SH "OPTIONS"
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\&    \-I dir \- add the given directory to @INC
\&
\&    \-\-ornaments \- turn on terminal ornaments (default)
\&    \-\-noornaments \- turn off terminal organments
\&
\&    \-\-version, \-v \- prints version info and exits with 0
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.SH "SEE ALSO"
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See Shell::Perl for more documentation.
.SH "COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE"
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Copyright (C) 2007–2011 by Adriano R. Ferreira
.PP
This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the same terms as Perl itself.