POMDUMP(1)

πŸ’… POMDUMP(1) β€” like, the Perl docs version, bestie

okay so real quick β€” this is a User Contributed Perl Documentation page, which means a Perl person made it and we're all just living in it. it's called pomdump and it's lowkey iconic for one specific job. let's get into it ✨


🌸 NAME 🌸

pomdump β€” dumps the POM parse tree for a POD document. that's the whole vibe. no cap.


πŸŽ€ SYNOPSIS πŸŽ€

pomdump MyFile.pm

that's it. that's the whole invocation. one file, one dream πŸ¦‹


πŸ’– DESCRIPTION πŸ’–

okay so here's what's actually happening under the hood, bestie:

this script uses Pod::POM to parse a Pod document, and then it invokes the dump method on the top level node. the result? a full-on visualization of the structure of the POD document β€” aka the parse tree πŸ‘‘

so like, it's not editing your docs or checking them or anything. it's just showing you the shape of them. the way that parse tree just… reveals itself. we love a structural moment 🫢


⭐ AUTHOR ⭐

Andrew Ford <A.Ford@ford-mason.co.uk> β€” the mastermind, the main character, the one who did that πŸ’…


πŸ’œ VERSION πŸ’œ

this is version 0.1 of pomdump. baby's first version, and honestly? slay.


Copyright (C) 2009 Andrew Ford. All Rights Reserved.

and the legal tea β˜• β€” this module is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself. so go forth, remix, redistribute, live your truth 🧚


πŸ¦‹ SEE ALSO πŸ¦‹

for further information please see Pod::POM. that's where the real lore lives, iykyk πŸ’€


so yeah, that's pomdump. go dump a parse tree, feel something, and remember β€” this page is from perl v5.42.0, dated 2015-11-20, so it's vintage and it ate πŸ”₯ πŸ‘‘

πŸ“¦ where this page comes from