{
    "mode": "man",
    "parameter": "corelist",
    "section": "1",
    "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/corelist/1/json",
    "generated": "2026-10-24T20:49:27Z",
    "synopsis": "corelist -v\ncorelist [-a|-d] <ModuleName> | /<ModuleRegex>/ [<ModuleVersion>] ...\ncorelist [-v <PerlVersion>] [ <ModuleName> | /<ModuleRegex>/ ] ...\ncorelist [-r <PerlVersion>] ...\ncorelist --utils [-d] <UtilityName> [<UtilityName>] ...\ncorelist --utils -v <PerlVersion>\ncorelist --feature <FeatureName> [<FeatureName>] ...\ncorelist --diff PerlVersion PerlVersion\ncorelist --upstream <ModuleName>",
    "sections": {
        "NAME": {
            "content": "corelist - a commandline frontend to Module::CoreList\n",
            "subsections": []
        },
        "DESCRIPTION": {
            "content": "See Module::CoreList for one.\n",
            "subsections": []
        },
        "SYNOPSIS": {
            "content": "corelist -v\ncorelist [-a|-d] <ModuleName> | /<ModuleRegex>/ [<ModuleVersion>] ...\ncorelist [-v <PerlVersion>] [ <ModuleName> | /<ModuleRegex>/ ] ...\ncorelist [-r <PerlVersion>] ...\ncorelist --utils [-d] <UtilityName> [<UtilityName>] ...\ncorelist --utils -v <PerlVersion>\ncorelist --feature <FeatureName> [<FeatureName>] ...\ncorelist --diff PerlVersion PerlVersion\ncorelist --upstream <ModuleName>\n",
            "subsections": []
        },
        "OPTIONS": {
            "content": "-a  lists  all  versions  of  the  given  module (or the matching modules, in case you used a\nmodule regexp) in the perls Module::CoreList knows about.\n\ncorelist -a Unicode\n\nUnicode was first released with perl v5.6.2\nv5.6.2     3.0.1\nv5.8.0     3.2.0\nv5.8.1     4.0.0\nv5.8.2     4.0.0\nv5.8.3     4.0.0\nv5.8.4     4.0.1\nv5.8.5     4.0.1\nv5.8.6     4.0.1\nv5.8.7     4.1.0\nv5.8.8     4.1.0\nv5.8.9     5.1.0\nv5.9.0     4.0.0\nv5.9.1     4.0.0\nv5.9.2     4.0.1\nv5.9.3     4.1.0\nv5.9.4     4.1.0\nv5.9.5     5.0.0\nv5.10.0    5.0.0\nv5.10.1    5.1.0\nv5.11.0    5.1.0\nv5.11.1    5.1.0\nv5.11.2    5.1.0\nv5.11.3    5.2.0\nv5.11.4    5.2.0\nv5.11.5    5.2.0\nv5.12.0    5.2.0\nv5.12.1    5.2.0\nv5.12.2    5.2.0\nv5.12.3    5.2.0\nv5.12.4    5.2.0\nv5.13.0    5.2.0\nv5.13.1    5.2.0\nv5.13.2    5.2.0\nv5.13.3    5.2.0\nv5.13.4    5.2.0\nv5.13.5    5.2.0\nv5.13.6    5.2.0\nv5.13.7    6.0.0\nv5.13.8    6.0.0\nv5.13.9    6.0.0\nv5.13.10   6.0.0\nv5.13.11   6.0.0\nv5.14.0    6.0.0\nv5.14.1    6.0.0\nv5.15.0    6.0.0\n\n-d  finds the first perl version where a module has been released by date, and not by version\nnumber (as is the default).\n",
            "subsections": [
                {
                    "name": "--diff",
                    "content": "Given two versions of perl, this prints a human-readable  table  of  all  module  changes\nbetween  the  two.   The output format may change in the future, and is meant for humans,\nnot programs.  For programs, use the Module::CoreList API.\n\n-? or -help\nhelp! help! help! to see more help, try --man.\n",
                    "long": "--diff"
                },
                {
                    "name": "-man",
                    "content": "all of the help\n\n-v  lists all of the perl release versions we got the CoreList for.\n\nIf you pass a version argument (value of $], like 5.00503 or 5.008008), you get a list of\nall the modules and their respective versions.  (If you have the  \"version\"  module,  you\ncan also use new-style version numbers, like 5.8.8.)\n\nIn module filtering context, it can be used as Perl version filter.\n\n-r  lists all of the perl releases and when they were released\n\nIf you pass a perl version you get the release date for that version only.\n"
                },
                {
                    "name": "--utils",
                    "content": "lists the first version of perl each named utility program was released with\n\nMay be used with -d to modify the first release criteria.\n\nIf  used  with  -v  <version>  then  all utilities released with that version of perl are\nlisted, and any utility programs named on the command line are ignored.\n",
                    "long": "--utils"
                },
                {
                    "name": "--feature, -f",
                    "content": "lists the first version bundle of each named feature given\n",
                    "flag": "-f",
                    "long": "--feature"
                },
                {
                    "name": "--upstream, -u",
                    "content": "Shows if the given module is primarily maintained in perl core or on CPAN and bug tracker\nURL.\n\nAs a special case, if you specify the module name \"Unicode\", you'll get the version number of\nthe Unicode Character Database bundled with the requested perl versions.\n",
                    "flag": "-u",
                    "long": "--upstream"
                }
            ]
        },
        "EXAMPLES": {
            "content": "$ corelist File::Spec\n\nFile::Spec was first released with perl 5.005\n\n$ corelist File::Spec 0.83\n\nFile::Spec 0.83 was released with perl 5.007003\n\n$ corelist File::Spec 0.89\n\nFile::Spec 0.89 was not in CORE (or so I think)\n\n$ corelist File::Spec::Aliens\n\nFile::Spec::Aliens  was not in CORE (or so I think)\n\n$ corelist /IPC::Open/\n\nIPC::Open2 was first released with perl 5\n\nIPC::Open3 was first released with perl 5\n\n$ corelist /MANIFEST/i\n\nExtUtils::Manifest was first released with perl 5.001\n\n$ corelist /Template/\n\n/Template/  has no match in CORE (or so I think)\n\n$ corelist -v 5.8.8 B\n\nB                        1.0901\n\n$ corelist -v 5.8.8 /^B::/\n\nB::Asmdata               1.01\nB::Assembler             0.07\nB::Bblock                1.0201\nB::Bytecode              1.0101\nB::C                     1.0401\nB::CC                    1.0001\nB::Concise               0.66\nB::Debug                 1.0201\nB::Deparse               0.71\nB::Disassembler          1.05\nB::Lint                  1.03\nB::O                     1.00\nB::Showlex               1.02\nB::Stackobj              1.00\nB::Stash                 1.00\nB::Terse                 1.0301\nB::Xref                  1.01\n",
            "subsections": []
        },
        "COPYRIGHT": {
            "content": "Copyright (c) 2002-2007 by D.H. aka PodMaster\n\nCurrently maintained by the perl 5 porters <perl5-porters@perl.org>.\n\nThis program is distributed under the same terms as perl  itself.   See  http://perl.org/  or\nhttp://cpan.org/ for more info on that.\n\nperl v5.38.2                                 2026-08-18                                  CORELIST(1)",
            "subsections": []
        }
    },
    "summary": "corelist - a commandline frontend to Module::CoreList",
    "flags": [
        {
            "flag": "",
            "long": "--diff",
            "arg": null,
            "description": "Given two versions of perl, this prints a human-readable table of all module changes between the two. The output format may change in the future, and is meant for humans, not programs. For programs, use the Module::CoreList API. -? or -help help! help! help! to see more help, try --man."
        },
        {
            "flag": "",
            "long": null,
            "arg": null,
            "description": "all of the help -v lists all of the perl release versions we got the CoreList for. If you pass a version argument (value of $], like 5.00503 or 5.008008), you get a list of all the modules and their respective versions. (If you have the \"version\" module, you can also use new-style version numbers, like 5.8.8.) In module filtering context, it can be used as Perl version filter. -r lists all of the perl releases and when they were released If you pass a perl version you get the release date for that version only."
        },
        {
            "flag": "",
            "long": "--utils",
            "arg": null,
            "description": "lists the first version of perl each named utility program was released with May be used with -d to modify the first release criteria. If used with -v <version> then all utilities released with that version of perl are listed, and any utility programs named on the command line are ignored."
        },
        {
            "flag": "-f",
            "long": "--feature",
            "arg": null,
            "description": "lists the first version bundle of each named feature given"
        },
        {
            "flag": "-u",
            "long": "--upstream",
            "arg": null,
            "description": "Shows if the given module is primarily maintained in perl core or on CPAN and bug tracker URL. As a special case, if you specify the module name \"Unicode\", you'll get the version number of the Unicode Character Database bundled with the requested perl versions."
        }
    ],
    "examples": [
        "$ corelist File::Spec",
        "File::Spec was first released with perl 5.005",
        "$ corelist File::Spec 0.83",
        "File::Spec 0.83 was released with perl 5.007003",
        "$ corelist File::Spec 0.89",
        "File::Spec 0.89 was not in CORE (or so I think)",
        "$ corelist File::Spec::Aliens",
        "File::Spec::Aliens  was not in CORE (or so I think)",
        "$ corelist /IPC::Open/",
        "IPC::Open2 was first released with perl 5",
        "IPC::Open3 was first released with perl 5",
        "$ corelist /MANIFEST/i",
        "ExtUtils::Manifest was first released with perl 5.001",
        "$ corelist /Template/",
        "/Template/  has no match in CORE (or so I think)",
        "$ corelist -v 5.8.8 B",
        "B                        1.0901",
        "$ corelist -v 5.8.8 /^B::/",
        "B::Asmdata               1.01",
        "B::Assembler             0.07",
        "B::Bblock                1.0201",
        "B::Bytecode              1.0101",
        "B::C                     1.0401",
        "B::CC                    1.0001",
        "B::Concise               0.66",
        "B::Debug                 1.0201",
        "B::Deparse               0.71",
        "B::Disassembler          1.05",
        "B::Lint                  1.03",
        "B::O                     1.00",
        "B::Showlex               1.02",
        "B::Stackobj              1.00",
        "B::Stash                 1.00",
        "B::Terse                 1.0301",
        "B::Xref                  1.01"
    ],
    "see_also": [],
    "tldr": {
        "source": "not_found",
        "examples": []
    }
}