README
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2Module: Text::ParseWords
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5This is a CORE module. If you installed perl 5.003 or above, an
6old version of this module is already available to you. This CPAN
7package is only here to update core distributions prior 5.10.
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9The version provided is the same that comes with perl 5.10.
10If you run a newer version of perl, the version of Text::ParseWords
11included there may be newer.
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13Please run "perldoc Text::ParseWords" to see what this module
14is for.
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17Installation
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20To update your core, simply perform these usual steps:
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22make
23make test
24make install
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27Authors of Text::ParseWords
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30Maintainer: Alexandr Ciornii.
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32Previous maintainer: Hal Pomeranz <pomeranz@netcom.com>, 1994-1997 (Original
33author unknown). Much of the code for &parse_line() (including the
34primary regexp) from Joerk Behrends <jbehrends@multimediaproduzenten.de>.
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36Examples section another documentation provided by John Heidemann
37<johnh@ISI.EDU>
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39Bug reports, patches, and nagging provided by lots of folks-- thanks
40everybody! Special thanks to Michael Schwern <schwern@envirolink.org>
41for assuring me that a &nested_quotewords() would be useful, and to
42Jeff Friedl <jfriedl@yahoo-inc.com> for telling me not to worry about
43error-checking (sort of-- you had to be there).
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