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diff --git a/pod/perlrun.pod b/pod/perlrun.pod index 1e1a0cb814..d684bf908e 100644 --- a/pod/perlrun.pod +++ b/pod/perlrun.pod @@ -4,7 +4,10 @@ perlrun - how to execute the Perl interpreter =head1 SYNOPSIS -B<perl> [switches] filename args +B<perl> [B<-acdhnpPsSTuUvw>] [B<-0[octal>]] [B<-D[number/list]>] + [B<-F regexp>] [B<-i[extension>]] [B<-I<lt>dir<gt>>] + [B<-l[octal]>] [B<-x[dir]>] + [programfile | B<-e command>] [argument ...] =head1 DESCRIPTION @@ -246,14 +249,21 @@ separator if the B<-l> switch is followed by a B<-0> switch: This sets $\ to newline and then sets $/ to the null character. +=item B<-m>I<module> + =item B<-M>I<module> -executes C<use> I<module> C<;> before executing your script. You can -also do C<-M'Foo qw(Bar Baz)'>. +C<-m>I<module> executes C<use> I<module> C<();> before executing your +script. -=item B<-m>I<module> +C<-M>I<module> executes C<use> I<module> C<;> before executing your +script. You can use quotes to add extra code after the module name, +e.g., C<-M'module qw(foo bar)'>. -executes C<use> I<module> C<();> before executing your script. +A little built-in syntactic sugar means you can also say +C<-mmodule=foo> or C<-Mmodule=foo> as a shortcut for +C<-M'module qw(foo)'>. Note that using the C<=> form +removes the distinction between -m and -M. =item B<-n> |