---
name: "Text::Abbrev"
section: "3perl"
platform: "linux"
package: "perl"
version: "5.44.0-1"
release: "Arch Linux 2026-11-01"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/Text::Abbrev/3perl"
---

# Text::Abbrev(3perl)

abbrev - create an abbreviation table from a list

## NAME

Text::Abbrev - abbrev - create an abbreviation table from a list

## SYNOPSIS

```
    use Text::Abbrev;
    abbrev $hashref, LIST
```

## DESCRIPTION

Stores all unambiguous truncations of each element of LIST as keys in the associative array referenced by `$hashref`. The values are the original list elements.

## EXAMPLE

```
    $hashref = abbrev qw(list edit send abort gripe);
    %hash = abbrev qw(list edit send abort gripe);
    abbrev $hashref, qw(list edit send abort gripe);
    abbrev(*hash, qw(list edit send abort gripe));
```