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.IX Title "MASON 1p"
.TH MASON 1p "2022-05-27" "perl v5.34.0" "User Contributed Perl Documentation"
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.SH "NAME"
mason.pl \- evaluate a mason template and output the result
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
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\&   # Evaluate template from STDIN
\&   mason.pl [mason options] [\-\-args json\-string]
\&
\&   # Evaluate template in string
\&   mason.pl [mason options] [\-\-args json\-string] \-e "string"
\&
\&   # Evaluate template in file
\&   mason.pl [mason options] [\-\-args json\-string] template\-file
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.SH "DESCRIPTION"
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Reads a Mason template (component) from \s-1STDIN,\s0 a string, or a file. Runs the
template and outputs the result to \s-1STDOUT.\s0
.SH "MASON OPTIONS"
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The following Mason options can be specified on the command line:
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\&    \-\-data\-dir /path/to/data_dir
\&    \-\-plugins MyPlugin,MyOtherPlugin
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The \f(CW\*(C`comp_root\*(C'\fR will be set to the directory of the template file or to a
temporary directory if using \s-1STDIN.\s0 If not specified \f(CW\*(C`data_dir\*(C'\fR will be set to
a temporary directory.
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A hash of arguments to pass to the page component, in \s-1JSON\s0 form. e.g.
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\&    \-\-args \*(Aq{"count":5,"names":["Alice","Bob"]}\*(Aq
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.SH "SEE ALSO"
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Mason
.SH "AUTHOR"
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Jonathan Swartz <swartz@pobox.com>
.SH "COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE"
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This software is copyright (c) 2011 by Jonathan Swartz.
.PP
This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same
terms as the Perl 5 programming language system itself.
.SH "AUTHOR"
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Jonathan Swartz <swartz@pobox.com>
.SH "COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE"
.IX Header "COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE"
This software is copyright (c) 2012 by Jonathan Swartz.
.PP
This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
the same terms as the Perl 5 programming language system itself.