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PerlIO-text-0.003
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NAME

PerlIO::text - Open a text file portably

VERSION

version 0.003

SYNOPSIS

open my $fh, '<:text(UTF-16LE)', $filename;

DESCRIPTION

This module provides a textual pseudo-layer. Instead of pushing itself, it pushes the right layers for that platform to open text files in the specified encoding.

SYNTAX

This modules does not have to be loaded explicitly, it will be loaded automatically by using it in an open mode. The module has the following general syntax: <:text(charset)>. charset is mandatory and without it this module will give an error. Any character set known to Encode may be given as an argument.

AUTHOR

Leon Timmermans <leont@cpan.org>

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

This software is copyright (c) 2011 by Leon Timmermans.

This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as the Perl 5 programming language system itself.