Perl - How to find out what Core Modules installed

Perl comes with a set of core modules. Perl core modules comes with default installation.
E.g. :
- Env
- File::Spec
- File::Basename
- Time::localtime

These are just some of the gems to a system administrator. So, how to find out what core modules are included with your perl installation?




Here's how :

1. First, find out the local Perl installation version :
   

   $ perl -v
   
   This is perl, v5.10.0 built for darwin-thread-multi-2level
   (with 2 registered patches, see perl -V for more detail)
   
   Copyright 1987-2007, Larry Wall
   
   Perl may be copied only under the terms of either the Artistic License or the
   GNU General Public License, which may be found in the Perl 5 source kit.
   
   Complete documentation for Perl, including FAQ lists, should be found on
   this system using "man perl" or "perldoc perl".  If you have access to the
   Internet, point your browser at http://www.perl.org/, the Perl Home Page.

   
   
2. Then, check out list of Perl version available in corelist :
   

   $ corelist -v
   
   Module::CoreList has info on the following perl versions:
   5
   5.000
   5.001
   5.002
   5.00307
   5.004
   5.00405
   5.005
   5.00503
   5.00504
   v5.6.0
   v5.6.1
   v5.6.2
   v5.7.3
   v5.8.0
   v5.8.1
   v5.8.2
   v5.8.3
   v5.8.4
   v5.8.5
   v5.8.6
   v5.8.7
   v5.8.8
   v5.8.9
   v5.9.0
   v5.9.1
   v5.9.2
   v5.9.3
   v5.9.4
   v5.9.5
   v5.10.0
   v5.10.0
   v5.10.1
   v5.11.0
   v5.11.0
   v5.11.1
   v5.11.2
   v5.11.3
   v5.11.4
   v5.11.5
   v5.12.0
   v5.12.0
   v5.12.1
   v5.12.2
   v5.12.3
   v5.13.0
   v5.13.0
   v5.13.1
   v5.13.2
   v5.13.3
   v5.13.4
   v5.13.5
   v5.13.6
   v5.13.7
   v5.13.8
   v5.13.9
   

   
   
3. Here is how to list what core modules are installed :
   

   corelist -v v5.10.0 | less

The command "corelist" is part of Perl's core module.

Namaste !!!