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Index: B

• \B anchor (not word boundary): Anchors (Perl tutorial)
• • Boundaries: The \b and \B Assertions (Developing Perl)
• \b anchor (word boundary): Anchors (Perl tutorial)
• \b (backspace assertion in character classes): Custom Character Classes (Developing Perl)
• \b word boundary assertion: The Regular Expression Bestiary (Developing Perl)
• • Boundaries: The \b and \B Assertions (Developing Perl)
  • Nailing Things Down (Developing Perl)
• -b (block special) file test operator: Named Unary and File Test Operators (Developing Perl)
• -b file test operator: File Test Operators (Perl tutorial)
• -B (binary file) test operator: Named Unary and File Test Operators (Developing Perl)
• • File Test Operators (Perl tutorial)
• -b option (perlbug): The perlbug Program (Perl tutorial)
• -background option (widgets): Common Widget Configuration Options (Perl tutorial)
• • expanding: Interpolating Functions and Expressions Within Strings (Perl tutorial)
  • operator: Gathering Output from a Program (Perl tutorial)
  • • Executing Commands Without Shell Escapes (Perl tutorial)
  • qx(): Specifying a List In Your Program (Perl tutorial)
• b command (debugger): Reference: b (Perl tutorial)
• b command (CPAN.pm): Reference: b (Perl tutorial)
• B module: Perl Compiler and Code Generator (Developing Perl)
• B-tree implementation (DB_File): Sorting Large DBM Files (Perl tutorial)
• =back command (pod): Reference: =back (Perl tutorial)
• B::Asmdata module: Perl Compiler and Code Generator (Developing Perl)
• backends, compiler: Compiler Backends (Developing Perl)
• • Perl Compiler and Code Generator (Developing Perl)
  • generic interface to: Perl Compiler and Code Generator (Developing Perl)
  • modules: Compiler Backends (Developing Perl)
  • modules, calling: Compiler Backends (Developing Perl)
• backquotes (`): Singularities (Developing Perl)
• backreferences: Introduction (Perl tutorial)
• • Regular Expression Special Variables (Perl tutorial)
  • Pattern Match Variables (Perl tutorial)
  • Backreferences (Developing Perl)
  • The m// Operator (Matching) (Developing Perl)
  • Capturing (Developing Perl)
  • Universal Blunders (Developing Perl)
  • Special Variables in Alphabetical Order (Developing Perl)
  • accessing with numbered variables: Capturing (Developing Perl)
  • creating with parentheses: Capturing (Developing Perl)
  • deriving patterns from matched substrings: Match-time pattern interpolation (Developing Perl)
  • finding duplicate words: Detecting Duplicate Words (Perl tutorial)
• backslash (\), interpreting with double quotes: Singularities (Developing Perl)
• backsniff program (example): Program: backsniff (Perl tutorial)
• backspace, \b assertion in character class:: Boundaries: The \b and \B Assertions (Developing Perl)
• • Custom Character Classes (Developing Perl)
• backticks, portability of: (Developing Perl) 25.5. Interprocess Communication (IPC)
• nonbacktracking subpatterns: Nonbacktracking Subpatterns (Developing Perl)
• backtracking, in regular expressions: Introduction (Perl tutorial)
• backup files: Switches (Developing Perl)
• Backup() (Win32::EventLog): Reference: Backup (Perl tutorial)
• bad hyperlinks, finding: Finding Stale Links (Perl tutorial)
• Barber, Stan: Usenet News (Perl tutorial)
• bare blocks: Bare Blocks (Developing Perl)
• • case structures, doing with: Case Structures (Developing Perl)
• bare identifiers: Or Leave the Quotes Out Entirely (Developing Perl)
• barewords: Or Leave the Quotes Out Entirely (Developing Perl)
• • avoiding, reasons for: Frequently Ignored Advice (Developing Perl)
  • Perl versions, changes in: Previous Perl Traps (Developing Perl)
  • strict pragma, checking use of: Controlling the Use of Globals (Developing Perl)
• Barr, Graham: Email Connectivity (Perl tutorial)
• base()
• • HTTP::Response module: Reference: base (Perl tutorial)
  • URI::URL module: Reference: base (Perl tutorial)
• base DN (LDAP): Performing LDAP Searches (Perl for System Administration)
• • format: Using Perl-only databases (Perl for System Administration)
  • module: Checking against a local blacklist (Perl for System Administration)
• base module: base (Perl tutorial)
• • Perl Language Extensions and Internals (Developing Perl)
• base classes: The Need for Inheritance (Advanced Perl Developing)
• • Introduction (Perl tutorial)
  • Brief Refresher on Object-Oriented Lingo (Developing Perl)
  • Convenient Classes (Developing Perl)
  • constructors and: Initializers (Developing Perl)
  • empty base class test: Writing an Inheritable Class (Perl tutorial)
  • for pod filters and translators: Documentation Support (Developing Perl)
  • overridden methods, invoking all:: UNIVERSAL: The Ultimate Ancestor Class (Developing Perl)
  • overriding: Overriding base classes (Advanced Perl Developing)
  • overriding methods of: Accessing Overridden Methods (Developing Perl)
  • UNIVERSAL module, providing for all classes: Convenient Classes (Developing Perl)
• basename(): Splitting a Filename into Its Component Parts (Perl tutorial)
• basename, files: Filenames, Filesystems, and File Locking (Developing Perl)
• $BASETIME: Special Variables in Alphabetical Order (Developing Perl)
• $BASETIME ($^T) variable: Global Special Variables (Perl tutorial)
• basetime ($^T): Special Variables in Alphabetical Order (Developing Perl)
• BASIC developing language
• • logical operators borrowed from: Logical Operators (Developing Perl)
• B::Assemble module: Perl Compiler and Code Generator (Developing Perl)
• B::Bblock module: Perl Compiler and Code Generator (Developing Perl)
• bbox()
• • Canvas widget: Canvas Methods (Perl tutorial)
  • Listbox widget: Listbox Methods (Perl tutorial)
  • Text widget: Text Methods (Perl tutorial)
• B::Bytecode module: The Bytecode Generator (Developing Perl)
• • Perl Compiler and Code Generator (Developing Perl)
• B::C and B::CC modules: The C Code Generators (Developing Perl)
• B::C module: Perl Compiler and Code Generator (Developing Perl)
• bcc() (Mail::Send): Reference: bcc (Perl tutorial)
• -bd option (widgets): Common Widget Configuration Options (Perl tutorial)
• B::CC module: Perl Compiler and Code Generator (Developing Perl)
• B::Debug module: Perl Compiler and Code Generator (Developing Perl)
• B::Deparse module: Code Development Tools (Developing Perl)
• • Perl Compiler and Code Generator (Developing Perl)
• B::Disassembler module: Perl Compiler and Code Generator (Developing Perl)
• Beazley, Dave: Extending Perl:A First Course (Advanced Perl Developing)
• -before option (pack geometry manager): The pack Geometry Manager (Perl tutorial)
• BEGIN blocks: The Life Cycle of a Perl Program (Developing Perl)
• • How Perl Works (Developing Perl)
  • altering compiler parsing of file: Avant-Garde Compiler, Retro Interpreter (Developing Perl)
  • initializing variables before calling subroutines: Scoping Issues (Developing Perl)
  • modifications to @INC array, handling with: Using Modules (Developing Perl)
  • order of running: Avant-Garde Compiler, Retro Interpreter (Developing Perl)
• =begin command (pod): Documenting Your Module with Pod (Perl tutorial)
• • Reference: =begin (Perl tutorial)
• BEGIN subroutine: Package Initialization and Destruction (Advanced Perl Developing)
• beginnings of strings, matching: Beginnings: The \A and ^ Assertions (Developing Perl)
• behavior, object: Behavior (Advanced Perl Developing)
• bell, ringing: Ringing the Terminal Bell (Perl tutorial)
• • Escaped Sequences (Perl tutorial)
• Benchmark module: Benchmark (Perl tutorial)
• • Development Support (Developing Perl)
  • comparing running times of alternate code versions: Benchmark (Developing Perl)
• Bentley, Jon: Implementing Complex Data Structures (Advanced Perl Developing)
• Berkeley DB: Berkeley DB (Advanced Perl Developing)
• • Introduction (Perl tutorial)
• -bg option (widgets): Common Widget Configuration Options (Perl tutorial)
• Berkeley Fast File System: Unix (Perl for System Administration)
• bgets program (example): Reading a String from a Binary File (Perl tutorial)
• biased random numbers: Generating Biased Random Numbers (Perl tutorial)
• biclient program (example): Writing Bidirectional Clients (Perl tutorial)
• bidirectional clients: Writing Bidirectional Clients (Perl tutorial)
• bidirectional communication: Bidirectional Communications (Advanced Perl Developing)
• bidirectional communication, pipes: Bidirectional Communication (Developing Perl)
• bidirectional rendering, Unicode properties: Standard Unicode properties (Developing Perl)
• big-endian: Endianness and Number Width (Developing Perl)
• bigbuffy program: Circular Buffering (Perl for System Administration)
• bigfact program (example): Program: Calculating Prime Factors (Perl tutorial)
• -bigincrement option (Scale): The Scale Widget (Perl tutorial)
• /bin/sh: Command Processing (Developing Perl)
• • as regular files: Some File Test Operators (Developing Perl)
  • binding (=~) operator: Pattern Match Operators (Perl tutorial)
  • class handler, invoking: The overload Pragma (Developing Perl)
  • decompiling with B::Deparse module: Code Development Tools (Developing Perl)
  • exponentiation (**) operator: Arithmetic Operators (Perl tutorial)
  • files: Processing Binary Files (Perl tutorial)
  • • Reading a String from a Binary File (Perl tutorial)
    • open (Developing Perl)
  • mode on filehandles: binmode (Developing Perl)
  • numbers: Introduction (Perl tutorial)
  • • Converting Between Binary and Decimal (Perl tutorial)
  • operators
  • • Operators (Developing Perl)
    • Unary and Binary Operators (Developing Perl)
    • Unary and Binary Operators (Developing Perl)
  • pack function: pack (Developing Perl)
  • Perl distributions: Installing on Unix (Perl tutorial)
  • • ActivePerl (Perl tutorial)
  • repetition (x) operator: String Operators (Developing Perl)
  • • Multiplicative Operators (Developing Perl)
  • tree structures: Program: Binary Trees (Perl tutorial)
• binary() (Net::FTP): Reference: binary (Perl tutorial)
• Binary() (Win32::Internet): Reference: Binary (Perl tutorial)
• BinaryRead() (Request object, PerlScript): The Request Object (Perl tutorial)
• BinaryWrite() (Response object, PerlScript): Response methods (Perl tutorial)
• bind(): Event Bindings (Advanced Perl Developing)
• • Introduction (Perl tutorial)
  • Reference: bind (Perl tutorial)
  • Canvas module: Canvas Methods (Perl tutorial)
  • Socket module: Built-in Socket Functions (Perl tutorial)
  • • Server Connections (Perl tutorial)
• bind DN (LDAP): The Initial LDAP Connection (Perl for System Administration)
• • Internet-wide: Checking against Internet-wide blacklists (Perl for System Administration)
  • local: Checking against a local blacklist (Perl for System Administration)
• bind function: bind (Developing Perl)
• bind_col() (DBI): Reference: bind_col (Perl tutorial)
• bind_columns() (DBI): Reference: bind_columns (Perl tutorial)
• • DBM file to hash: dbmopen (Developing Perl)
  • operators: Binding Operators (Developing Perl)
  • variables to packages: Tied Variables (Developing Perl)
  • • tie (Developing Perl)
    • untie (Developing Perl)
• bind_param() (DBI): Reference: bind_param (Perl tutorial)
• binmode(): Processing Binary Files (Perl tutorial)
• • Reference: binmode (Perl tutorial)
  • binmode (Developing Perl)
  • open (Developing Perl)
• bintree program (example): Program: Binary Trees (Perl tutorial)
• biology, Perl modules for: The CPAN modules Directory (Developing Perl)
• bit-shift operators: Shift Operators (Developing Perl)
• bit vector, providing array interface to: Tie Modules on CPAN (Developing Perl)
• -bitmap option (widgets): Common Widget Configuration Options (Perl tutorial)
• bitmaps, widgets and: Images (Advanced Perl Developing)
• bitmasks: (Developing Perl) 29.2.141. select (ready file descriptors)
• bitwise
• • negation (~) operator: Ideographic Unary Operators (Developing Perl)
  • operators: Controlling Case (Perl tutorial)
  • • Bitwise Operators (Perl tutorial)
    • Bitwise Operators (Developing Perl)
    • Logical and, or, not, and xor (Developing Perl)
  • overloading: Overloadable Operators (Developing Perl)
• blank lines, truth value of: The while and until statements (Developing Perl)
• blat program: Getting sendmail (or Similar Mail Transport Agent) (Perl for System Administration)
• bless(): The Need for Polymorphism (Advanced Perl Developing)
• • Introduction (Perl tutorial)
  • Constructing an Object (Perl tutorial)
  • Reference: bless (Perl tutorial)
• bless function: Object Construction (Developing Perl)
• • bless (Developing Perl)
  • constructors, using with: Object Construction (Developing Perl)
  • reference as argument for: What Is a Reference? (Developing Perl)
  • tie vs.: Tied Variables (Developing Perl)
• bless operator: Object Constructors (Developing Perl)
• • Other Tricks You Can Do with Hard References (Developing Perl)
• blessed references: SVs and object pointers (Advanced Perl Developing)
• blessing: Introduction (Perl tutorial)
• blib: Creating Extensions (Developing Perl)
• blib module: blib (Perl tutorial)
• blib pragma: use blib (Developing Perl)
• • Module Installation Support (Developing Perl)
• $blksize file statistic: stat (Developing Perl)
• B::Lint module: Code Development Tools (Developing Perl)
• • Perl Compiler and Code Generator (Developing Perl)
• BLOCK: Compound Statements (Developing Perl)
• • Compound Statements (Developing Perl)
• block properties, Unicode: Unicode block properties (Developing Perl)
• blocking calls: Networking Primer (Advanced Perl Developing)
• • Handling Multiple Clients (Advanced Perl Developing)
  • Blocking looms again (Advanced Perl Developing)
  • event loops and: Event Loops (Advanced Perl Developing)
  • nonblocking filehandles versus: Nonblocking Filehandles (Advanced Perl Developing)
• blocking calls, lock, threads: Synchronizing access with lock (Developing Perl)
• blocking file access: Locking a File (Perl tutorial)
• • Program: netlock (Perl tutorial)
  • region-specific locks: Program: lockarea (Perl tutorial)
• blocking, shared locks: File Locking (Developing Perl)
• blocking signals: Blocking Signals (Perl tutorial)
• • Blocking Signals (Developing Perl)
• blocks: More General Rule (Advanced Perl Developing)
• $blocks file statistic: stat (Developing Perl)
• B<> interior sequence (pod): Interior sequences (Perl tutorial)
• B modules: B (Perl tutorial)
• • B::Asmdata module: Asmdata (Perl tutorial)
  • B::Assembler module: Assembler (Perl tutorial)
  • B::Bytecode module: Bytecode (Perl tutorial)
  • B::C module: C (Perl tutorial)
  • B::CC module: CC (Perl tutorial)
  • B::Debug module: Debug (Perl tutorial)
  • B::Deparse module: Deparse (Perl tutorial)
  • B::Disassembler module: Disassembler (Perl tutorial)
  • B::Lint module: Lint (Perl tutorial)
  • B::Showlex module: Showlex (Perl tutorial)
  • B::Stackobj module: Stackobj (Perl tutorial)
  • B::Terse module: Terse (Perl tutorial)
  • B::Xref module: Xref (Perl tutorial)
• body() (Net::NNTP): Reference: body (Perl tutorial)
• Body()
• • Mail::Internet module: Reference: body (Perl tutorial)
  • Mail::POP3Client module: Reference: Body (Perl tutorial)
  • • Retrieving the message body (Perl tutorial)
• tutorialdb.dir, tutorialdb.pag files: DBM Databases and DBM Hashes (Perl tutorial)
• tutorials, Perl-related: Books (Perl tutorial)
• • Acknowledgments (Perl tutorial)
• • connectives in patterns: Expressing AND, OR, and NOT in a Single Pattern (Perl tutorial)
  • definition of truth: Introduction (Perl tutorial)
  • • What Is Truth? (Developing Perl)
  • operators: Some File Test Operators (Developing Perl)
• Boolean context: Boolean Context (Developing Perl)
• • bool conversion operator: Overloadable Operators (Developing Perl)
  • m// (match) operator in: The m// Operator (Matching (Developing Perl)
• Boolean values: Singularities (Developing Perl)
• bootstrapping C library: Writing an Extension: Overview (Advanced Perl Developing)
• -bordermode option (place geometry manager): The Place Geometry Manager (Perl tutorial)
• bootstrapping modules: Creating Extensions (Developing Perl)
• • Module Installation Support (Developing Perl)
• -borderwidth option (widgets): Common Widget Configuration Options (Perl tutorial)
• bots, security and: Using the Proc::ProcessTable Module (Perl for System Administration)
• boundaries, persistence and: Persistence Issues (Advanced Perl Developing)
• boundaries, words (matching): Boundaries: The \b and \B Assertions (Developing Perl)
• boundary assertions: Nailing Things Down (Developing Perl)
• bounded array, creating: Array-Tying Methods (Developing Perl)
• break statement (see last operator)
• • deleting: Breakpoints (Developing Perl)
  • listing all: Breakpoints (Developing Perl)
  • setting for debugger: The Perl Debugger (Developing Perl)
  • setting on load: Using the Debugger (Developing Perl)
  • setting with debugger commands: Breakpoints (Developing Perl)
  • watch expressions, causing: Tracing (Developing Perl)
• Brooks, Fred: OO: An Introduction (Advanced Perl Developing)
• BSD 4.4 password files: Binary Database Format in BSD 4.4 (Perl for System Administration)
• BSD::Resource module, per-process resource limits, setting: Code Masquerading as Data (Developing Perl)
• B::Showlex module: Perl Compiler and Code Generator (Developing Perl)
• B::Stash module: Perl Compiler and Code Generator (Developing Perl)
• B::Terse module: Perl Compiler and Code Generator (Developing Perl)
• Buffer property (Response object): Response properties (Perl tutorial)
• buffered input/output: Introduction (Perl tutorial)
• • Flushing Output (Perl tutorial)
  • Introduction (Perl tutorial)
  • controlling for other programs: Controlling Input and Output of Another Program (Perl tutorial)
  • socket developing and: Communicating over TCP (Perl tutorial)
• • bi-directional pipes, problems with: Bidirectional Communication (Developing Perl)
  • single-character input and: getc (Developing Perl)
  • unflushed buffers in Perl versions: fork (Developing Perl)
• bug reports: Bug Reports (Developing Perl)
• bugs: Diagnostic Messages (Developing Perl)
• • reporting: The perlbug Program (Perl tutorial)
• building account systems: Building an Account System to Manage Users (Perl for System Administration)
• building CPAN modules: Building CPAN Modules (Developing Perl)
• building modules from CPAN: Building and Installing a CPAN Module (Perl tutorial)
• • data types: Built-in Data Types (Developing Perl)
  • functions: Function Reference (Perl tutorial)
  • • listed alphabetically: Perl Functions in Alphabetical Order (Perl tutorial)
    • listed by category: Perl Functions by Category (Perl tutorial)
    • socket-related: Built-in Socket Functions (Perl tutorial)
  • variables: Special Variables (Perl tutorial)
• built-in functions: Documentation Support (Developing Perl)
• • • listing by type: Documentation Support (Developing Perl)
• built-in operators, operating on character semantics: Effects of Character Semantics (Developing Perl)
• bundles: The CPAN modules Directory (Developing Perl)
• button() (CGI.pm): Reference: button (Perl tutorial)
• Button widget (Perl/Tk): The Button Widget (Perl tutorial)
• buttons: Button (Advanced Perl Developing)
• • Labels and Buttons (Advanced Perl Developing)
  • checkbuttons: Checkbutton (Advanced Perl Developing)
  • • Radiobuttons and Checkbuttons (Advanced Perl Developing)
  • radiobuttons: Radiobutton (Advanced Perl Developing)
  • • Radiobuttons and Checkbuttons (Advanced Perl Developing)
• B::Xref module: Code Development Tools (Developing Perl)
• • Perl Compiler and Code Generator (Developing Perl)
• bye function: Intermediate Perl Code (Advanced Perl Developing)
• • AST Module (Advanced Perl Developing)
• bysub1, bysub2, bysub3 programs (examples): Program: Sorting Your Mail (Perl tutorial)
• byte meanings, character class shortcuts: Classic Perl Character Class Shortcuts (Developing Perl)
• byte() (Net::FTP): Reference: byte (Perl tutorial)
• bytecode: The Life Cycle of a Perl Program (Developing Perl)
• • Internals and Externals (Developing Perl)
• Bytecode backend (Perl compiler): The Perl Compiler (Perl tutorial)
• Byteloader module: The Bytecode Generator (Developing Perl)
• byteperl interpreter: The Perl Compiler (Perl tutorial)
• bytes: Atoms (Developing Perl)
• • bit-shift operators: Shift Operators (Developing Perl)
  • characters vs.: Unicode (Developing Perl)
  • • Functions (Developing Perl)
  • reading: read (Developing Perl)
  • • sysread (Developing Perl)
  • storage locations (see big-endian; little-endian)
• bytes module: Internationalization and Locale (Developing Perl)

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