---
name: "pdldoc"
section: "1p"
platform: "linux"
package: "pdl"
version: "1:2.100-1"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/pdldoc"
---

# pdldoc(1p)

shell interface to PDL documentation

## NAME

pdldoc - shell interface to PDL documentation

## SYNOPSIS

**pdldoc** \<text\>

## DESCRIPTION

The aim of **pdldoc** is to provide the same functionality as the `"apropos"`, `"help"`, `"sig"`, `"badinfo"`, and `"usage"` commands available in the perldl shell. It searches for PDL::AutoLoader functions also.

Think of it as the PDL equivalent of `"perldoc -f"`.

## OPTIONS

- **-h** help

  print documentation about a PDL function or module or show a PDL manual. This is the default option.

- **-a** apropos

  Regex search PDL documentation database.

- **-b** badinfo

  Information on the support for bad values provided by the function.

- **-s** sig

  prints signature of PDL function.

- **-u** usage

  Prints usage information for a PDL function.

## VERSION

This is pdldoc version 0.3.

## AUTHOR

Doug Burke \<burke at ifa dot hawaii dot edu\>. Chris Marshall \<chm at cpan dot org\>.