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\b (backspace assertion in character classes): 5.4.1. Custom Character Classes

5.9.4. The Little Engine That /Could(n't)?/

-b (block special) file test operator: 3.10. Named Unary and File Test Operators

-B (binary file) test operator: 3.10. Named Unary and File Test Operators

B module: 32.1.19. Perl Compiler and Code Generator

\B (non word boundary): 5.6.3. Boundaries: The \b and \B Assertions

\b word boundary assertion: 5.1. The Regular Expression Bestiary

5.6.3. Boundaries: The \b and \B Assertions
1.7.3. Nailing Things Down

B::Asmdata module: 32.1.19. Perl Compiler and Code Generator

B::Assemble module: 32.1.19. Perl Compiler and Code Generator

B::Bblock module: 32.1.19. Perl Compiler and Code Generator

B::Bytecode module: 18.5.1. The Bytecode Generator

32.1.19. Perl Compiler and Code Generator

B::C and B::CC modules: 18.5.2. The C Code Generators

B::C module: 32.1.19. Perl Compiler and Code Generator

B::CC module: 32.1.19. Perl Compiler and Code Generator

B::Debug module: 32.1.19. Perl Compiler and Code Generator

B::Deparse module: 18.6. Code Development Tools

32.1.19. Perl Compiler and Code Generator

B::Disassembler module: 32.1.19. Perl Compiler and Code Generator

B::Lint module: 18.6. Code Development Tools

32.1.19. Perl Compiler and Code Generator

B::Showlex module: 32.1.19. Perl Compiler and Code Generator

B::Stash module: 32.1.19. Perl Compiler and Code Generator

B::Terse module: 32.1.19. Perl Compiler and Code Generator

B::Xref module: 18.6. Code Development Tools

32.1.19. Perl Compiler and Code Generator

backends, compiler: 18.4. Compiler Backends

32.1.19. Perl Compiler and Code Generator
generic interface to: 32.1.19. Perl Compiler and Code Generator
modules: 18.4. Compiler Backends
modules, calling: 18.4. Compiler Backends

backquotes (`): 1.2.1.1. Singularities

backreferences: 1.7.4. Backreferences

5.2.2. The m// Operator (Matching)
5.7.1. Capturing
24.1.1. Universal Blunders
28.2. Special Variables in Alphabetical Order
accessing with numbered variables: 5.7.1. Capturing
creating with parentheses: 5.7.1. Capturing
deriving patterns from matched substrings: 5.10.3.4. Match-time pattern interpolation

backslash (\), interpreting with double quotes: 1.2.1.1. Singularities

backspace, \b assertion in character class: 5.6.3. Boundaries: The \b and \B Assertions

5.4.1. Custom Character Classes

BACKSPACE character

/b for: 5.9.4. The Little Engine That /Could(n't)?/

backticks, portability of: 25.5. Interprocess Communication (IPC)

backtracking: 5.9.4. The Little Engine That /Could(n't)?/

nonbacktracking subpatterns: 5.10.2. Nonbacktracking Subpatterns
in pattern matching: 5.9.4. The Little Engine That /Could(n't)?/

backup files: 19.1.3. Switches

bare blocks: 4.5. Bare Blocks

case structures, doing with: 4.5.1. Case Structures

bare identifiers: 2.6.4. Or Leave the Quotes Out Entirely

barewords: 2.6.4. Or Leave the Quotes Out Entirely

avoiding, reasons for: 24.1.2. Frequently Ignored Advice
Perl versions, changes in: 24.1.5. Previous Perl Traps
strict pragma, checking use of: 4.9.2. Controlling the Use of Globals

base classes: 12.1. Brief Refresher on Object-Oriented Lingo

32.1.14. Convenient Classes
constructors and: 12.4.2. Initializers
overriding methods of: 12.5.2. Accessing Overridden Methods
for pod filters and translators: 32.1.16. Documentation Support
overridden methods, invoking all: 12.5.3. UNIVERSAL: The Ultimate Ancestor Class
UNIVERSAL module, providing for all classes: 32.1.14. Convenient Classes

base module: 32.1.13. Perl Language Extensions and Internals

basename, files: 32.1.4. Filenames, Filesystems, and File Locking

$BASETIME: 28.2. Special Variables in Alphabetical Order

basetime ($^T): 28.2. Special Variables in Alphabetical Order

BASIC programming language

logical operators borrowed from: 1.5.5. Logical Operators

BEGIN blocks: 18.1. The Life Cycle of a Perl Program

21.1. How Perl Works
altering compiler parsing of file: 18.7. Avant-Garde Compiler, Retro Interpreter
initializing variables before calling subroutines: 6.2.3. Scoping Issues
modifications to @INC array, handling with: 11.1. Using Modules
order of running: 18.7. Avant-Garde Compiler, Retro Interpreter

beginnings of strings, matching: 5.6.1. Beginnings: The \A and ^ Assertions

Benchmark module: 32.1.18. Development Support

comparing running times of alternate code versions: 32.2. Benchmark

bidirectional communication, pipes: 16.3.3. Bidirectional Communication

bidirectional rendering, Unicode properties: 5.4.3.2. Standard Unicode properties

big-endian: 25.2. Endianness and Number Width

/bin/sh: 19.1. Command Processing

files: 29.2.104. open

decompiling with B::Deparse module: 18.6. Code Development Tools
as regular files: 1.5.7. Some File Test Operators

mode on filehandles: 29.2.6. binmode

operators (see also bitwise operators) : 1.5. Operators

3. Unary and Binary Operators
3. Unary and Binary Operators
class handler, invoking: 13.1. The overload Pragma

pack function: 29.2.108. pack

repetition (x) operator: 1.5.2. String Operators

3.7. Multiplicative Operators

bind function: 29.2.5. bind

DBM file to hash: 29.2.22. dbmopen

operators: 3.6. Binding Operators

variables to packages: 14. Tied Variables

29.2.178. tie
29.2.191. untie

binding operators

=~: 1.7. Regular Expressions
pattern-matching operators, using with: 5.2. Pattern-Matching Operators
tr/// (substitution) operator, use with: 5.2.4. The tr/// Operator (Transliteration)

binmode function: 29.2.6. binmode

binmode: 29.2.104. open

biology, Perl modules for: 22.1. The CPAN modules Directory

bit-shift operators: 3.9. Shift Operators

bit vector, providing array interface to: 14.6. Tie Modules on CPAN

bitmasks: 29.2.141. select (ready file descriptors)

bitwise

negation (~) operator: 3.5. Ideographic Unary Operators

operators: 3.13. Bitwise Operators

3.20. Logical and, or, not, and xor
overloading: 13.3. Overloadable Operators

blank lines, truth value of: 1.6.2.1. The while and until statements

bless function: 12.4. Object Construction

29.2.7. bless
constructors, using with: 12.4. Object Construction
reference as argument for: 8.1. What Is a Reference?
tie vs.: 14. Tied Variables

bless operator: 8.2.3. Object Constructors

8.3.6. Other Tricks You Can Do with Hard References

blib: 21.3.2. Creating Extensions

blib pragma: 31.4. use blib

32.1.17. Module Installation Support

$blksize file statistic: 29.2.165. stat

BLOCK: 4.2. Compound Statements

4.2. Compound Statements
(see also blocks)

block properties, Unicode: 5.4.3.3. Unicode block properties

blocking calls, lock, threads: 17.2.2.1. Synchronizing access with lock

blocking, shared locks: 16.2.1. File Locking

blocking signals: 16.1.4. Blocking Signals

$blocks file statistic: 29.2.165. stat

definition of truth: 1.6.1. What Is Truth?
operators: 1.5.7. Some File Test Operators

Boolean context: 2.7.2. Boolean Context

bool conversion operator: 13.3. Overloadable Operators
m// (match) operator in: 5.2.2. The m// Operator (Matching)

Boolean values: 1.2.1.1. Singularities

bootstrapping modules: 21.3.2. Creating Extensions

32.1.17. Module Installation Support

boundaries, words (matching): 5.6.3. Boundaries: The \b and \B Assertions

boundary assertions: 1.7.3. Nailing Things Down

bounded array, creating: 14.2.1. Array-Tying Methods

break command (in C): 24.1.3. C Traps

break statement (see last operator)

deleting: 20.2.2. Breakpoints
listing all: 20.2.2. Breakpoints
setting for debugger: 20. The Perl Debugger
setting on load: 20.1. Using the Debugger
setting with debugger commands: 20.2.2. Breakpoints
watch expressions, causing: 20.2.3. Tracing

BSD::Resource module, per-process resource limits, setting: 23.3.2. Code Masquerading as Data

bi-directional pipes, problems with: 16.3.3. Bidirectional Communication
single-character input and: 29.2.43. getc
unflushed buffers in Perl versions: 29.2.40. fork

bug reports: 0.6.3. Bug Reports

bugs: 33. Diagnostic Messages

building CPAN modules: 22.2.2. Building CPAN Modules

data types: 2.3. Built-in Data Types

built-in functions

listing by type: 32.1.16. Documentation Support
overriding: 11.3. Overriding Built-in Functions
subroutines, prototyping to emulate: 6.4. Prototypes

built-in methods, overridden: 12.5.2. Accessing Overridden Methods

built-in operators, operating on character semantics: 15.2. Effects of Character Semantics

bundles: 22.1. The CPAN modules Directory

byte meanings, character class shortcuts: 5.4.2. Classic Perl Character Class Shortcuts

bytecode: 18.1. The Life Cycle of a Perl Program

21. Internals and Externals

Byteloader module: 18.5.1. The Bytecode Generator

bytes: 2.1. Atoms

bit-shift operators: 3.9. Shift Operators

characters vs.: 15. Unicode

29. Functions

reading: 29.2.120. read

29.2.172. sysread

storage locations (see big-endian; little-endian)

bytes module: 32.1.6. Internationalization and Locale

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