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NAME

       perl6 - Rakudo Perl 6 Compiler

SYNOPSIS

	perl6 [switches] [--] [programfile] [arguments]

DESCRIPTION

       With no arguments, enters a REPL. With a "[programfile]" or the "-e" option, compiles the given program and by default also executes the
       compiled code.

	 -c		      check syntax only (runs BEGIN and CHECK blocks)
	 -e program	      one line of program
	 -h, --help	      display this help text
	 -n		      run program once for each line of input
	 -p		      same as -n, but also print $_ at the end of lines
	 --target=[stage]     specify compilation stage to emit
	 -t, --trace=[flags]  enable trace flags, see 'parrot --help-debug'
	 --encoding=[mode]    specify string encoding mode
	 -o, --output=[name]  specify name of output file
	 -v, --version	      display version information
	 --stagestats	      display time spent in the compilation stages
	 --ll-backtrace       display a low level backtrace on errors

       Note that only boolean single-letter options may be bundled

       Supported stages for --target are:

	parse past post pir evalpmc

       where

	parse = a representation of the parse tree
	past  = an intermediate format representing the parrot abstract syntax tree
	post  = an intermediate format representing the parrot opcode syntax tree
	pir   = the parrot intermediate representation

PARROT OPTIONS

       To specify options to the underlying parrot VM, you must explicitly run parrot; you cannot specify these options by using the "perl6"
       executable.

	parrot [parrot switches] perl6.pbc [switches] [--] [programfile] [arguments]

       See "parrot --help" for a list of valid parrot options.

AUTHORS

       Written by the Rakudo contributors, see the CREDITS file.

       This manual page was written by Reini Urban, Moritz Lenz and the Rakudo contributors.

perl v5.14.2							    2012-01-22								  perl6(1)