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Hi
I am new to Perl scripting
I want to know , how the .pm extension files differ from the .pl files that are perl scripts . And what are the .pm files used in the perl files , are they just the subrotines that are used in the .pl files....
Any body knows abt this , if possible give an example or the link that explains on thes files?

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.pm files are "Perl Modules" rather than perl scripts. They are Perl's objects.

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To expand on what masijade said (which is correct): .pm files are library files. This means they contain subroutines that many programs may find useful. They can be used in a program as follows

require image_verify.pm

as an example. Your program will then be able to call subroutines within the file you called require on as if they had been pasted into the program.

Steven.

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