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NAME

perlbrew - Perl Environment manager.

SYNOPSIS

    perlbrew [options] [init|install|installed|switch]

    # Initialize
    perlbrew init

    # Install some Perls
    perlbrew install perl-5.10.1
    perlbrew install perl-5.11.5

    # See what were installed
    perlbrew installed

    # Switch perl in the $PATH
    perlbrew switch perl-5.11.5
    perl -v

    perlbrew switch perl-5.10.1
    perl -v

    # Turn it off.
    perlbrew off

    # Turn it back on
    perlbrew switch perl-5.10.1

OPTIONS

-?|help

prints this help

-f|force

Force installation of a perl

-q|quiet

Log output to a log file rather than STDOUT. This is the default.

-v|verbose

Log output to STDOUT rather than a logfile

-as

Install a given perl under an alias.

    perlbrew install perl-5.6.2 -as legacy-perl
-D

pass through switches to the perl Configure script

    perlbrew install perl-5.10.1 -D=usemymalloc

DESCRIPTION

This program will read the given input file(s) and do something useful with the contents thereof.