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Perl for z/OS provides a port of the Perl (version 5.8.7) scripting language to the z/OS UNIX System Services platform. Perl (Practical Extraction and Report Language) is a very popular general-purpose programming language that is widely used on UNIX and other computing platforms. This port of Perl to the z/OS platform offers an enhancement over other versions of Perl in that it is preconfigured and precompiled and is designed to address ASCII/EBCDIC conversion and provide Unicode support.
Perl for z/OS is an unpriced feature of the IBM Ported Tools for z/OS, and unpriced licensed program.
To order Perl for z/OS, most customers can go to IBM ShopzSeries Web site. For all other customers, please contact your local IBM representative.
Note: When Perl for z/OS is ordered, it will be sent with IBM Ported Tools for z/OS (which contains the OpenSSH function). An order of IBM Ported Tools for z/OS will not include Perl for z/OS. OpenSSH and Perl for z/OS functions can be run independently.
- IBM Ported Tools for z/OS: Perl for z/OS Feature User's Guide PDF
The latest version of the Program Directory and License Information document can be found
here.
The following downloads are provided for customers who seek access to Perl 5.8.7 man page documentation. They are not supported by IBM, and are provided as is and without warranty.
- ASCII compatible package containing HTML files - download
- EBCDIC compatible package containing HTML files - download
This tool can be used to run against one or more scripts
which will generate a report of error messages and warnings
for any known problems. You may use this tool to
perform a preliminary screening of existing Perl scripts
before moving over to Perl for z/OS. Click here
to download the tool.
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