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Authored by: ETHER
- Alex Beamish
- brian d foy
- Brian Fraser
- Celejar
- Chris Nehren
- Christian Walde
- Christopher J. Madsen
- Dan Book
- darfich
- Dave Cross
- David Precious
- David Steinbrunner
- dctabuyz
- Denilson Sá Maia
- Douglas L. Jenkins
- E. Choroba
- Elvin Aslanov
- Eric Johnson
- Father Chrysostomos
- Felipe Gasper
- Florian Ragwitz
- Grzegorz Rożniecki
- hemanth.hm
- Herbert Breunung
- hurricup
- Jakub Wilk
- James E Keenan
- Jeffrey Kegler
- Joaquín Ferrero
- Joelle Maslak
- John Karr
- Laurent Dami
- Leo Lapworth
- Lukas Mai
- Martin Becker
- Martin McGrath
- Matthew Horsfall
- Michael G. Schwern
- Michiel Beijen
- Mike Doherty
- Nat Torkington
- Niko Tyni
- Olaf Alders
- perlfaq-workers
- Philippe Bruhat (BooK)
- Ricardo Signes
- Robert Rothenberg
- Samanta Navarro
- Sebastian Riedel
- SHIRAKATA Kentaro
- Shlomi Fish
- Smylers
- The Perl 5 Porters
- tina
- Tom Christiansen
- Tom Molesworth
- vaitkus

Changes for version 5.20250619 - 2025-06-19

fix reference to tty (PR#117, Jakub Wilk)
various typo fixes (numerous PRs: Elvin Aslanov, Dan Book, Dave Cross, vaitkus)
remove mention of TCP::Client (PR#139, vaitkus)
modernized references to random number modules (PR#143, Robert Rothenberg)
added "phaser" to glossary (PR#146, James E Keenan)

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To install perlfaq, copy and paste the appropriate command in to your terminal.

cpanm perlfaq

perl -MCPAN -e shell
install perlfaq

For more information on module installation, please visit the detailed CPAN module installation guide.

	Global
`s`	Focus search bar
`?`	Bring up this help dialog

	GitHub
`g` `p`	Go to pull requests
`g` `i`	go to github issues (only if github is preferred repository)

	POD
`g` `a`	Go to author
`g` `c`	Go to changes
`g` `i`	Go to issues
`g` `d`	Go to dist
`g` `r`	Go to repository/SCM
`g` `s`	Go to source
`g` `b`	Go to file browse

	Search terms
module: (e.g. module:Plugin)
distribution: (e.g. distribution:Dancer auth)
author: (e.g. author:SONGMU Redis)
version: (e.g. version:1.00)