Perl reference

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Reference for various things in Perl. See also Perl built-in functions.

Escape Sequences

\a bell (ctrl-G, 007 decimal)
\b backspace (ctrl-H, 008 decimal)
\cn ctrl-n
\e ESC (027 decimal, 033 octal)
\f FF
\l converts next letter to lowercase
\n newline - system-dependent (CRLF on DOS/Win)
\r CR (013 decimal)
\t TAB (ctrl-I, 009 decimal)
\u converts next letter to uppercase
\L converts all characters to lowercase, from here to next \E
\U converts all characters to uppercase, from here to next \E
\E ends case conversion started by \L or \U
\' prints a literal single-quote
\" prints a literal double-quote
\$ prints a literal dollar sign
\\ prints a literal backslash (not doubled)
\0nnn prints the ASCII character numbered nnn in octal
\xnn prints the ASCII character numbered nn in hexadecimal