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Diffstat (limited to 'vms')
| -rw-r--r-- | vms/perlvms.pod | 30 |
1 files changed, 24 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/vms/perlvms.pod b/vms/perlvms.pod index c09e047169..35776a49d4 100644 --- a/vms/perlvms.pod +++ b/vms/perlvms.pod @@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ so we can try to work around them. =head2 Wildcard expansion File specifications containing wildcards are allowed both on -the command line and within Perl globs (e.g. <CE<lt>*.cE<gt>>). If +the command line and within Perl globs (e.g. C<E<lt>*.cE<gt>>). If the wildcard filespec uses VMS syntax, the resultant filespecs will follow VMS syntax; if a Unix-style filespec is passed in, Unix-style filespecs will be returned. @@ -244,11 +244,29 @@ directory specifications may use either VMS or Unix syntax. Perl for VMS supports redirection of input and output on the command line, using a subset of Bourne shell syntax: - <F<file> reads stdin from F<file>, - >F<file> writes stdout to F<file>, - >>F<file> appends stdout to F<file>, - 2>F<file> writes stderr to F<file>, and - 2>>F<file> appends stderr to F<file>. +=over + +=item * + +C<E<lt>file> reads stdin from C<file>, + +=item * + +C<E<gt>file> writes stdout to C<file>, + +=item * + +C<E<gt>E<gt>file> appends stdout to C<file>, + +=item * + +C<2E<gt>file> writes stderr to C<file>, and + +=item * + +C<2E<gt>E<gt>file> appends stderr to C<file>. + +=back In addition, output may be piped to a subprocess, using the character '|'. Anything after this character on the command |