VIEWPERL(1)

✨ NAME ✨

viewperl — quickly view syntax highlighted Perl code 🦋

so real quick, bestie: this is viewperl, and it lives in section 1 of the User Commands manual. that's the whole name situation, slay.

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

viewperl [OPTION]... FILE...

okay so you throw some options at it, you throw some files at it, it does the thing. iconic behavior fr fr 💅

💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

View a Perl source code file, syntax highlighted. that's it, that's the whole vibe. you get to look at your Perl code with all the pretty colors on. no cap.

🎀 OPTIONS 🎀

• -c, --code=CODE — view CODE, syntax highlighted ✨
• -l, --lines — display line numbers 🔢
• -L, --no-lines — suppress display of line numbers (this is the default, btw)
• -m, --module=FILE — consider FILE the name of a module, not a file name 🧚
• -n, --name — display the name of each file (default!)
• -N, --no-name — suppress display of file names (implied by --no-reset)
• -p, --pod — display inline POD documentation (default) 📖
• -P, --no-pod — hide POD documentation (line numbers still increment) 👀
• -r, --reset — reset formatting and line numbers each file (default) 🔄
• -R, --no-reset — suppress resetting of formatting and line numbers 🚫
• -s, --shift=WIDTH — set tab width (default is 4) 📏
• -t, --tabs — translate tabs into spaces (default)
• -T, --no-tabs — suppress translating of tabs into spaces 🙅
• --help — display this help and exit 👋

note: module names should be given as they would appear after a Perl use or require statement. like Getopt::Long, for example. don't get cute with it 💀

also bestie, real talk: each string you hand over using -c counts as a different file. so yeah — line number and formatting resets will apply. that's just how she goes 🫶

🌈 and now... the rerun 🌈

not me copying this next part but also the original literally does this so here we are 💀✨ same energy, same facts, twice the fun:

View a Perl source code file, syntax highlighted.

• -c, --code=CODE — view CODE, syntax highlighted
• -l, --lines — display line numbers
• -L, --no-lines — suppress display of line numbers (default)
• -m, --module=FILE — consider FILE the name of a module, not a file name
• -n, --name — display the name of each file (default)
• -N, --no-name — suppress display of file names (implied by --no-reset)
• -p, --pod — display inline POD documentation (default)
• -P, --no-pod — hide POD documentation (line numbers still increment)
• -r, --reset — reset formatting and line numbers each file (default)
• -R, --no-reset — suppress resetting of formatting and line numbers
• -s, --shift=WIDTH — set tab width (default is 4)
• -t, --tabs — translate tabs into spaces (default)
• -T, --no-tabs — suppress translating of tabs into spaces
• --help — display this help and exit

Note that module names should be given as they would appear after a Perl use or require statement. Getopt::Long, for example.

Each string given using -c is considered a different file, so line number and formatting resets will apply.

and that's the whole page, bestie!! 🎀 this one's signed off as viewperl, dated August 2007, and it's hanging out in section 1 (that VIEWPERL(1) footer vibe). stay highlighted, stay gorgeous 💖🌸✨🦋