COPYLINK(1p)

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version 0.200 · 4 versions
, in debian trixie, ubuntu resolute, ubuntu stonking

okay bestie, so this is a page from the User Contributed Perl Documentation section, and it's about a lil tool called copylink. sit down, grab a boba, we're gonna get into it 🧋✨

🌸 NAME 🌸

copylink — it replaces a link with a copy of the linked file. that's it, that's the whole job, and it does it flawlessly 💅

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

copylink [link ...]

✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

so every single link you hand it on the command line? it gets swapped out for a copy of the file that the link points to. which means — and this is the whole point, the main character reason — you can edit that copy without touching the original. no cap. the original stays exactly where it is, untouched, unbothered, living its best life 👑

this command was built for one very specific vibe: modifying perl source files that were created by

./Configure -Dmksymlinks

iykyk 🫶

🎀 OPTIONS 🎀

  • -h|--help — shows you the usage info plus these very options. a little help menu moment, we love to see it 💖
  • -m|--man — pulls up the manual page. the full lore, the deep dive 📖✨

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

File::Copy::Link(3) — go read that too, bestie, it's the whole extended universe 🦋

👑 AUTHOR 👑

Robin Barker, <RMBarker@cpan.org> — the icon who made this happen, periodt 💜

Copyright 2003, 2006, 2011, 2024 by Robin Barker

This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.

fr fr, same terms as Perl itself — that's the deal, no funny business 🌸

and that's the whole page!! tysm for reading, you ate that 🎀

this was COPYLINK(1p) from perl v5.40.0, dated 2025-02-07 — written down in the history books forever, slay ✨💖💅

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