# phpman > perldoc > Pod::Simple::DumpAsText

## NAME
    [Pod::Simple::DumpAsText](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/Pod%3A%3ASimple%3A%3ADumpAsText/markdown) -- dump Pod-parsing events as text

## SYNOPSIS
      perl -[MPod::Simple::DumpAsText](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/MPod%3A%3ASimple%3A%3ADumpAsText/markdown) -e \
       "exit [Pod::Simple::DumpAsText](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/Pod%3A%3ASimple%3A%3ADumpAsText/markdown)->filter(shift)->any_errata_seen" \
       thingy.pod

## DESCRIPTION
    This class is for dumping, as text, the events gotten from parsing a Pod document. This class is
    of interest to people writing Pod formatters based on [Pod::Simple](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/Pod%3A%3ASimple/markdown). It is useful for seeing
    exactly what events you get out of some Pod that you feed in.

    This is a subclass of [Pod::Simple](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/Pod%3A%3ASimple/markdown) and inherits all its methods.

## SEE ALSO
    [Pod::Simple::DumpAsXML](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/Pod%3A%3ASimple%3A%3ADumpAsXML/markdown)

    [Pod::Simple](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/Pod%3A%3ASimple/markdown)

## SUPPORT
    Questions or discussion about POD and [Pod::Simple](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/Pod%3A%3ASimple/markdown) should be sent to the <pod-people@perl.org> mail
    list. Send an empty email to <pod-people-subscribe@perl.org> to subscribe.

    This module is managed in an open GitHub repository, <<https://github.com/perl-pod/pod-simple/>>.
    Feel free to fork and contribute, or to clone <git://github.com/perl-pod/pod-simple.git> and
    send patches!

    Patches against [Pod::Simple](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/Pod%3A%3ASimple/markdown) are welcome. Please send bug reports to
    <<bug-pod-simple@rt.cpan.org>>.

## COPYRIGHT AND DISCLAIMERS
    Copyright (c) 2002 Sean M. Burke.

    This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as
    Perl itself.

    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.

## AUTHOR
    [Pod::Simple](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/Pod%3A%3ASimple/markdown) was created by Sean M. Burke <<sburke@cpan.org>>. But don't bother him, he's retired.

    [Pod::Simple](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/Pod%3A%3ASimple/markdown) is maintained by:

    *   Allison Randal "<allison@perl.org>"

    *   Hans Dieter Pearcey "<hdp@cpan.org>"

    *   David E. Wheeler "<dwheeler@cpan.org>"