---
name: "podspell"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "libpod-spell-perl"
version: "1.01-2"
release: "Debian 7 (Wheezy)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/podspell"
---

# podspell(1)

a formatter for spell checking Pod(Plain Old Documentation format)

## NAME

podspell - a formatter for spell checking Pod(Plain Old Documentation format)

## SYNTAX

podspell \<*filename.pm*\>

## DESCRIPTION

**podspell** is an implementation of [Pod::Spell(3pm)](/Pod::Spell/3pm.md); it is a Pod formatter whose output is good for spell checking.

**podspell** could be use to pipe an output to [spell(1)](/spell/1.md) or [ispell(1)](/ispell/1.md), or can be use to redirect the output to a file (ej.  \> temp.txt ), and then open the text file in your word processor for spell-checking.

**podspell** is provided by Pod::Spell Module package.

## AUTHORS

This manual page was written by Rene  Mayorga  \<rmayorga@debian.org.sv\> for  the  **Debian**  system  (but  may  be used by others).  Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of  the  GNU  General  Public License, Version 2 any later version published  by the Free Software Foundation.

On Debian systems, the complete text of the GNU General Public  License can be found in /usr/share/common-licenses/GPL.

## SEE ALSO

[Pod::Spell(3pm)](/Pod::Spell/3pm.md)