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Index: B

backquotes/backticks (` `)

capturing output with: 14.4. Using Backquotes to Capture Output

enclosing external commands: 1.5. A Whirlwind Tour of Perl

backreferences: 8.4.1. Backreferences

backslash (\\\\): 2.3.1. Single-Quoted String Literals

in backreferences: 8.4.1. Backreferences

backslash escapes: 1.4.2. What's Inside That Program?

5.4.3. Hash Element Interpolation

list of: 2.3.2. Double-Quoted String Literals

backup files, text databases and: 16.4. Variable-length (Text) Databases

bad filehandles: 11.2.2. Bad Filehandles

barewords: 17.4. Unquoted Hash Keys

basenames: 13.8. Using Simple Modules

File::Basename module for: 13.8.1. The File::Basename Module

B.5.4. The File::Basename Module

BEGIN block: B.19. Syntax Extensions

big arrow (=>): 5.2.3. The Big Arrow

17.4. Unquoted Hash Keys

binary assignment operators: 2.5.3. Binary Assignment Operators

binary extensions, dynamic loading and: B.23. Dynamic Loading

binary mode: 1.4. How Do I Make a Perl Program?

binding operator (=~): 9.3. The Binding Operator, =~

s/// substitution operator and: 9.6.4. The Binding Operator

bitstrings: 11.6.4. Using Bitstrings

vec operator for: B.11. Bits and Pieces

bitwise operators: 11.6.3. Bitwise Operators

B::Lint module: B.15. Debugging

block comments: 1.4.2. What's Inside That Program?

block curly braces (see curly braces, block)

body of subroutine: 4.2. Defining a Subroutine

Boolean values

as handled by Perl: 2.7.1. Boolean Values

logical operators for: 10.9. Logical Operators

buffer

flushing of: 6.4. Output to Standard Output

11.4.1. Changing the Default Output Filehandle

stat: 11.6.5. Using the Special Underscore Filehandle

buffered output: 6.4. Output to Standard Output

bugs in Perl: 1.3.2. How Can I Get Support for Perl?

reporting: 1.3.4. What If I Find a Bug in Perl?

builtin functions

ampersand and: 4.11.1. Omitting the Ampersand

mathematical functions and: B.9.1. Advanced Math Functions

builtin variables: 9.5.2. The Automatic Match Variables

B.18. Built in Variables

bytecodes: 1.4.3. But How Do I Compile Perl?

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