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PL2PM(1)                              Perl Programmers Reference Guide                              PL2PM(1)



NAME
       pl2pm - Rough tool to translate Perl4 .pl files to Perl5 .pm modules.

SYNOPSIS
       pl2pm files

DESCRIPTION
       pl2pm is a tool to aid in the conversion of Perl4-style .pl library files to Perl5-style library mod-ules. modules.
       ules.  Usually, your old .pl file will still work fine and you should only use this tool if you plan
       to update your library to use some of the newer Perl 5 features, such as AutoLoading.

LIMITATIONS
       It's just a first step, but it's usually a good first step.

AUTHOR
       Larry Wall <larry@wall.org>



perl v5.8.8                                      2007-09-23                                         PL2PM(1)

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