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<sect2><title>Short descriptions</title>
<para><command>a2p</command> translates awk to perl.</para>
<para><command>c2ph</command> dumps C structures as generated from
"cc -g -S" stabs.</para>
<para><command>dprofpp</command> displays perl profile data.</para>
<para><command>en2cxs</command> builds a Perl extension for the Encode module,
from either Unicode Character Mappings or Tcl Encoding Files.</para>
<para><command>find2perl</command> translates find commands to perl.</para>
<para><command>h2ph</command> converts .h C header files to .ph Perl header files.</para>
<para><command>h2xs</command> converts .h C header files to Perl extensions.</para>
<para><command>libnetcfg</command> can be used to configure the libnet.</para>
<para><command>perl</command> combines some of the best features of C, sed,
awk and sh into a single swiss-army language.</para>
<para><command>perlbug</command> is used to generate bug reports about
Perl or the modules that come with it, and mail them.</para>
<para><command>perlcc</command> generates executables from Perl programs.</para>
<para><command>perldoc</command> displays a piece of documentation in pod
format that is embedded in the perl installation tree or in a perl script.</para>
<para><command>perlivp</command> is the Perl Installation Verification
Procedure. It can be used to verify that Perl and its libraries have been
installed correctly.</para>
<para><command>piconv</command> is a Perl version of the character encoding
converter <userinput>iconv</userinput>.</para>
<para><command>pl2pm</command> is a rough tool for converting Perl4 .pl
files to Perl5 .pm modules.</para>
<para><command>pod2html</command> converts files from pod format to HTML
format.</para>
<para><command>pod2latex</command> converts files from pod format to LaTeX
format.</para>
<para><command>pod2man</command> converts pod data to formatted *roff
input.</para>
<para><command>pod2text</command> converts pod data to formatted ASCII
text.</para>
<para><command>pod2usage</command> prints usage messages from embedded
pod docs in files.</para>
<para><command>podchecker</command> checks the syntax of pod format
documentation files.</para>
<para><command>podselect</command> displays selected sections of pod
documentation.</para>
<para><command>psed</command> is a Perl version of the stream editor
<userinput>sed</userinput>.</para>
<para><command>pstruct</command> dumps C structures as generated from
"cc -g -S" stabs.</para>
<para><command>s2p</command> translates sed to perl.</para>
<para><command>splain</command> is used to force verbose warning
diagnostics in perl.</para>
<para><command>xsubpp</command> converts Perl XS code into C code.</para>
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