Perl

Perl is a software module available on Comet.

To access Perl on Comet, run module load Perl. This will load the default version of Perl.

An overview of the module information is shown below (module -r spider ^Perl$):

Perl:
    Description:
      Larry Wall's Practical Extraction and Report Language Includes a small selection of extra CPAN packages for core functionality. 

     Versions:
        Perl/5.32.1-GCCcore-10.3.0-minimal
        Perl/5.32.1-GCCcore-10.3.0
        Perl/5.34.1-GCCcore-11.3.0
        Perl/5.36.0-GCCcore-12.2.0-minimal
        Perl/5.36.0-GCCcore-12.2.0
        Perl/5.36.1-GCCcore-12.3.0
        Perl/5.38.0-GCCcore-13.2.0
        Perl/5.38.0
        Perl/5.38.2-GCCcore-13.3.0
        Perl/5.40.0-GCCcore-14.2.0
     Other possible modules matches:
        BioPerl  Perl-bundle-CPAN

  To find other possible module matches execute:

      $ module -r spider '.*Perl.*'

  For detailed information about a specific "Perl" package (including how to load the modules) use the module's full name.
  Note that names that have a trailing (E) are extensions provided by other modules.
  For example:

     $ module spider Perl/5.40.0-GCCcore-14.2.0

If there are multiple versions of Perl listed, then you can load a specific version as follows:

$ module load Perl/version_string

You can find the most up to date information whilst logged on to Comet by running module -r spider ^Perl$.

The module Perl has the following embedded help text (module help Perl):

Description
===========
Larry Wall's Practical Extraction and Report Language

Includes a small selection of extra CPAN packages for core functionality.

More information
================
 - Homepage: https://www.perl.org/

Included extensions
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File::Path-2.18, File::Spec-3.75, Getopt::Long-2.58, Text::ParseWords-3.31

The default version of the module Perl has the following dependencies:

• GCCcore/14.2.0
• zlib/1.3.1-GCCcore-14.2.0

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