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Perl Formatter
Clean up whitespace and blank lines in Perl code — a light touch-up, not a Perl-aware reformatter.
How to Use Perl Formatter
- 1Paste your Perl code
- 2Click Process
- 3Copy the whitespace-cleaned output
- 4For real formatting, run it through perltidy
Frequently Asked Questions
No — it only performs generic whitespace cleanup (collapsing 3+ blank lines, trimming trailing spaces). It doesn't reindent based on Perl's block structure.
perltidy is the standard Perl code formatter and properly understands Perl syntax — this tool's own output points toward it.
No — it doesn't parse or validate Perl at all; it's purely a text cleanup pass.
No — cleanup runs entirely in your browser.
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