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Index: B

• backquotes/backticks (` `)
• • capturing output with: Using Backquotes to Capture Output
  • enclosing external commands: Whirlwind Tour of Perl
• backreferences: Backreferences
• backslash (\\\\): Single-Quoted String Literals
• • in backreferences: Backreferences
• backslash escapes: What's Inside That Program?
• • Hash Element Interpolation
  • list of: Double-Quoted String Literals
• backup files, text databases and: Variable-length (Text) Databases
• bad filehandles: Bad Filehandles
• barewords: Unquoted Hash Keys
• basenames: Using Simple Modules
• • File::Basename module for: The File::Basename Module
  • • The File::Basename Module
• BEGIN block: Syntax Extensions
• big arrow (=>): The Big Arrow
• • Unquoted Hash Keys
• binary assignment operators: Binary Assignment Operators
• binary extensions, dynamic loading and: Dynamic Loading
• binary mode: How Do I Make a Perl Program?
• binding operator (=~): The Binding Operator, =~
• • s/// substitution operator and: The Binding Operator
• bitstrings: Using Bitstrings
• • vec operator for: Bits and Pieces
• bitwise operators: Bitwise Operators
• B::Lint module: Debugging
• block comments: What's Inside That Program?
• block curly braces (see curly braces, block)
• body of subroutine: Defining a Subroutine
• Boolean values
• • as handled by Perl: Boolean Values
  • logical operators for: Logical Operators
• buffer
• • flushing of: Output to Standard Output
  • • Changing the Default Output Filehandle
  • stat: Using the Special Underscore Filehandle
• buffered output: Output to Standard Output
• bugs in Perl: How Can I Get Support for Perl?
• • reporting: What If I Find a Bug in Perl?
• builtin functions
• • ampersand and: Omitting the Ampersand
  • mathematical functions and: Advanced Math Functions
• builtin variables: The Automatic Match Variables
• • Built in Variables
• bytecodes: But How Do I Compile Perl?