PLX File Documentation

Overview

Feature Value
File Extension .plx
MIME Type application/x-perl
Primary Use Executable Perl scripts
Can Contain Perl code, POD (Plain Old Documentation), and use directives
Execution By Perl interpreter
Associated Programs Perl, Text editors
Security Risks High (if sourced from untrusted locations)
Advantage Allows directly executable Perl scripts without modification
Character Encoding Flexible, commonly UTF-8
Line Endings Unix (LF), Windows (CRLF), or Mac (CR) style
Can Import Libraries and modules
Shebang Line Yes (e.g., #!/usr/bin/perl)
Directives use, require
Variable Declaration my, our, local
Compilation Interpreted at runtime
Debugging Perl debugger, print statements
Script Extension Mechanism CPAN Modules
Comment Syntax # for single line, POD for blocks
Embeddable in Web Pages No directly, but can be used as CGI scripts
Update Mechanism Manual editing, version control systems