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.IX Title "Pod::Simple::JustPod 3"
.TH Pod::Simple::JustPod 3 2026-01-18 "perl v5.42.2" "Perl Programmers Reference Guide"
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.SH NAME
Pod::Simple::JustPod \-\- just the Pod, the whole Pod, and nothing but the Pod
.SH SYNOPSIS
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\& my $infile  = "mixed_code_and_pod.pm";
\& my $outfile = "just_the_pod.pod";
\& open my $fh, ">$outfile" or die "Can\*(Aqt write to $outfile: $!";
\&
\& my $parser = Pod::Simple::JustPod\->new();
\& $parser\->output_fh($fh);
\& $parser\->parse_file($infile);
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.SH DESCRIPTION
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This class returns a copy of its input, translated into Perl\*(Aqs internal
encoding (UTF\-8), and with all the non\-Pod lines removed.
.PP
This is a subclass of Pod::Simple::Methody and inherits all its methods.
And since, that in turn is a subclass of Pod::Simple, you can use any of
its methods.  This means you can output to a string instead of a file, or
you can parse from an array.
.PP
This class strives to return the Pod lines of the input completely unchanged,
except for any necessary translation into Perl\*(Aqs internal encoding, and it makes
no effort to return trailing spaces on lines; these likely will be stripped.
If the input pod is well\-formed with no warnings nor errors generated, the
extracted pod should generate the same documentation when formatted by a Pod
formatter as the original file does.
.PP
By default, warnings are output to STDERR
.SH "SEE ALSO"
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Pod::Simple, Pod::Simple::Methody
.SH SUPPORT
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Questions or discussion about POD and Pod::Simple should be sent to the
<mailto:pod\-people@perl.org> mail list. Send an empty email to
<mailto:pod\-people\-subscribe@perl.org> to subscribe.
.PP
This module is managed in an open GitHub repository,
<https://github.com/theory/pod\-simple/>. Feel free to fork and contribute, or
to clone <https://github.com/theory/pod\-simple.git> and send patches!
.PP
Patches against Pod::Simple are welcome. Please send bug reports to
<mailto:<bug\-pod\-simple@rt.cpan.org>.
.SH "COPYRIGHT AND DISCLAIMERS"
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Copyright (c) 2002 Sean M. Burke.
.PP
This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
under the same terms as Perl itself.
.PP
This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
without any warranty; without even the implied warranty of
merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose.
.SH AUTHOR
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Pod::Simple was created by Sean M. Burke <sburke@cpan.org>.
But don\*(Aqt bother him, he\*(Aqs retired.
.PP
Pod::Simple is maintained by:
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Allison Randal \f(CW\*(C`allison@perl.org\*(C'\fR
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Hans Dieter Pearcey \f(CW\*(C`hdp@cpan.org\*(C'\fR
.IP \(bu 4
David E. Wheeler \f(CW\*(C`dwheeler@cpan.org\*(C'\fR
.PP
Pod::Simple::JustPod was developed by John SJ Anderson
\&\f(CW\*(C`genehack@genehack.org\*(C'\fR, with contributions from Karl Williamson
\&\f(CW\*(C`khw@cpan.org\*(C'\fR.