Perl Pocket Reference, 4th Edition

Chapter 2. Command-Line Options

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Stops processing options.

-0 [ octnum ]

(That’s the number zero.) Designates an initial octal value for the record separator $/. See also -l below.

-a

Turns on autosplit mode when used with -n or -p. Splits to @F.

-c

Checks syntax but does not execute. It does run BEGIN and CHECK blocks.

-C

Uses native wide-character system APIs, if supported by the system.

-d [ :module ]

Runs the script under the indicated module. Default module is the Perl debugger. Use -de 0 to start the debugger without a script.

-D flags

Sets debugging flags.

-e commandline

May be used to enter a single line of script. Multiple -e commands may be given to build up a multiline script.

-F pat

Specifies a pattern on which to split if -a is in effect.

-h

Prints the Perl usage summary. Does not execute.

-i [ ext ]

Activates in-place editing for files processed by the <> construct.

-I dir

The directory is prepended to the search path for Perl modules, @INC. Combined with -P, -I also tells the C preprocessor where to look for include files.

-l [ octnum ]

(That’s the letter el.) Enables automatic line ending processing, e.g., -l013.

-m[ - ]module [ =arg [ , arg... ] ]

See -M on the facing page.

-M[ - ]module [ =arg [ ,arg... ] ]

Does a use module before executing the script. With - does a no module instead.

-n

Assumes an input loop around the script. Lines are not printed.

-p

Assumes an input loop around the script. Lines are printed.

-P

Runs the C preprocessor on the script before compilation by Perl.

-s

Interprets ...