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.IX Title "PDLDOC 1p"
.TH PDLDOC 1p "2023-06-17" "perl v5.36.0" "User Contributed Perl Documentation"
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.SH "NAME"
pdldoc \- shell interface to PDL documentation
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
.IX Header "SYNOPSIS"
\&\fBpdldoc\fR <text>
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.IX Header "DESCRIPTION"
The aim of \fBpdldoc\fR is to provide the same functionality
as the \f(CW\*(C`apropos\*(C'\fR, \f(CW\*(C`help\*(C'\fR, \f(CW\*(C`sig\*(C'\fR, \f(CW\*(C`badinfo\*(C'\fR,
and \f(CW\*(C`usage\*(C'\fR commands available in the perldl
and pdl2 shells.
.PP
Think of it as the \s-1PDL\s0 equivalent of \f(CW\*(C`perldoc \-f\*(C'\fR.
.SH "OPTIONS"
.IX Header "OPTIONS"
.IP "\fB\-h\fR help" 5
.IX Item "-h help"
print documentation about a \s-1PDL\s0 function or module or show a \s-1PDL\s0 manual.
This is the default option.
.IP "\fB\-a\fR apropos" 5
.IX Item "-a apropos"
Regex search \s-1PDL\s0 documentation database.
.IP "\fB\-b\fR badinfo" 5
.IX Item "-b badinfo"
Information on the support for bad values provided by the function.
.IP "\fB\-s\fR sig" 5
.IX Item "-s sig"
prints signature of \s-1PDL\s0 function.
.IP "\fB\-u\fR usage" 5
.IX Item "-u usage"
Prints usage information for a \s-1PDL\s0 function.
.ie n .IP "$PDL::Config{PDLDOC_IGNORE_AUTOLOADER}" 5
.el .IP "\f(CW$PDL::Config{PDLDOC_IGNORE_AUTOLOADER}\fR" 5
.IX Item "$PDL::Config{PDLDOC_IGNORE_AUTOLOADER}"
This \s-1PDL\s0 configuration variable may be set in the perldl.conf
file to disable runtime search for documentation in
PDL::AutoLoader files.
.SH "VERSION"
.IX Header "VERSION"
This is pdldoc version 0.3.
.SH "AUTHOR"
.IX Header "AUTHOR"
Doug Burke <burke at ifa dot hawaii dot edu>.
Chris Marshall <chm at cpan dot org>.