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@@ -802,17 +802,22 @@ By-name interface to Perl's built-in getpw*() functions
To find out I<all> modules installed on your system, including
those without documentation or outside the standard release,
-jus tdo this:
+just do this:
% find `perl -e 'print "@INC"'` -name '*.pm' -print
-They should all have their own documentation installed and accessible
-via your system man(1) command. If you do not have a B<find>
+To get a log of all module distributions which have been installed
+since perl was installed, just do:
+
+ % perldoc perllocal
+
+Modules should all have their own documentation installed and accessible
+via your system man(1) command, or via the C<perldoc> program. If you do
+not have a B<find>
program, you can use the Perl B<find2perl> program instead, which
generates Perl code as output you can run through perl. If you
have a B<man> program but it doesn't find your modules, you'll have
-to fix your manpath. See L<perl> for details. If you have no
-system B<man> command, you might try the B<perldoc> program.
+to fix your manpath. See L<perl> for details.
=head2 Extension Modules