Resources

Commands

  • pl2bat— Turns Perl scripts into Microsoft .BAT files.

  • find2perl— Outputs a script that contains a magic header that makes it possible to run as a standalone script or a Perl program.

Online Documentation

  • perldoc perlrun— Describes the command-line switches to Perl including the –S and –x switches, which are useful in creating standalone scripts.

  • perl –-help— Gives a quick list of the runtime options for perl.

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