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diff --git a/pod/perlrun.pod b/pod/perlrun.pod index 5042d67bd7..c69a03eb53 100644 --- a/pod/perlrun.pod +++ b/pod/perlrun.pod @@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ Switches include: =item B<-0>[I<digits>] -specifies the record separator (C<$/>) as an octal number. If there are +specifies the input record separator (C<$/>) as an octal number. If there are no digits, the null character is the separator. Other switches may precede or follow the digits. For example, if you have a version of B<find> which can print filenames terminated by the null character, you @@ -245,9 +245,10 @@ searches /usr/include and /usr/lib/perl. =item B<-l>[I<octnum>] enables automatic line-ending processing. It has two effects: first, -it automatically chomps the line terminator when used with B<-n> or -B<-p>, and second, it assigns "C<$\>" to have the value of I<octnum> so that -any print statements will have that line terminator added back on. If +it automatically chomps "C<$/>" (the input record separator) when used +with B<-n> or B<-p>, and second, it assigns "C<$\>" +(the output record separator) to have the value of I<octnum> so that +any print statements will have that separator added back on. If I<octnum> is omitted, sets "C<$\>" to the current value of "C<$/>". For instance, to trim lines to 80 columns: |