GUARDS(1) User Contributed Perl Documentation GUARDS(1) (NAME) guards - (SYNOPSIS) guards [--prefix=dir] [--path=dir1:dir2:...] [--default=<0|1>] [--check|--list] [--invert-match] [--with-guards] [--config=] symbol ... (DESCRIPTION) (guards) . . . . : +xxx xxx () . -xxx xxx () . +!xxx xxx () . -!xxx xxx () . - . --check . . . --default . . --check . . --path . (":") . --prefix . --path=@ . --list . --invert-match . --with-guards . (AUTHORS) Andreas Gruenbacher , SUSE Labs perl v5.42.0 2025-09-18 GUARDS(1)