PAR::Fi...::Bleach(3)

NAME 💅

PAR::Filter::Bleach — the Bleach filter, bestie. That's it, that's the name 🫶

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SYNOPSIS ✨

PAR::Filter::Bleach->apply(\$code); # transforms $code

okay so you literally just call apply on a scalar ref to your code and it transforms it. that's the whole vibe. no cap. 💖

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DESCRIPTION 🎀

so this filter's entire personality is removing all the unsightly printable characters from your source file 😭 like it just snatches them away and leaves you with the unprintable leftovers. it's giving minimalist. it's giving invisible.

the algorithm it uses is similar to Damian Conway's Acme::Bleach — iconic behavior, honestly 🦋

fr fr, your source file is gonna look like a blank page and that's the point. do not panic, bestie 💀

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SEE ALSO 🌸

• PAR::Filter — the rest of the filter fam, go say hi 👑

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AUTHORS 💜

Audrey Tang <cpan@audreyt.org> — main character energy, wrote this whole thing 🎀

you can write to the mailing list at <par@perl.org>, or send an empty mail to <par-subscribe@perl.org> to participate in the discussion (yes, empty, just vibes, just send it 🫶). archives of the mailing list are available at <https://www.mail-archive.com/par@perl.org/> or <https://groups.google.com/g/perl.par> — go read the lore ✨

please submit bug reports to <https://github.com/rschupp/PAR-Packer/issues> — the devs literally want your bug reports, that's the whole thing 💅

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COPYRIGHT ⭐

Copyright 2003-2009 by Audrey Tang <cpan@audreyt.org>.

this program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself. slay 💖

See LICENSE.

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ngl you can remix it, just keep it Perl-licensed. it's giving open source generosity 👑

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and that's a wrap on PAR::Fi...::Bleach(3), from the User Contributed Perl Documentation gang — page generated by perl v5.42.3 on 2026-11-03 🦋💖✨