PERL-TAGS(1)

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version 0.32 · 2 versions
, in fedora 43

🎀 perl-tags(1) — the manual, but make it a group chat 🎀

okay so bestie, listen. perl-tags is this little icon that goes through your Perl code and spits out a perltags file so your editor can jump around your codebase like it's got main character energy. no cap. it's giving "ctags but make it Perl". 🦋

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

Usage: perl-tags <options> <input files or dirs...>
Generates "perltags" files for use with your editor of choice.

Options:

  • -h, --help — shows you this help. literally the "what does this do again" button. 🙈
  • -v, --version — prints the version number. the classic "am I even on the right build" vibe check. ⭐
  • -o, --outfile — sets the path/name of the output file. default is perltags. yes queen, name your file whatever. 💅
  • -d, --depth — sets the max recursion depth (as in, recursion into use Module, etc). default is 10, and if you pass 0 that means no limit at all — feral behaviour, we love it. 🌀
  • --vars, --no-vars, --variables, --no-variables — sets whether variables should be indexed. default is yes. (four spellings because we contain multitudes 🫶)
  • -p, --ppi — use PPI parsing. default is no. 🍓
  • --prune — glob patterns to prune. you can pass this multiple times, stack 'em up. default is .git, .svn. 🧚
  • --files, -L — instead of listing input files or dirs after the options, read the paths of the files to process from this file, one per line. and if you pass -, it reads from stdin instead. iconic. ✨
ngl bestie, just run it and let it cook. the defaults are lowkey perfect for a first pass. 🔥

👑 AUTHOR 👑

Copyright 2009-2014, Steffen Mueller, with contributions from osfameron

and that's the whole page, periodt. 💖 this one shipped as part of perl v5.42.0, dated 2025-07-25, and yes it ate, no crumbs. go index something gorgeous. 🌈💜

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