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NAME
       mason.pl - evaluate a mason template and output the result

SYNOPSIS
          # 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

DESCRIPTION
       Reads a Mason template (component) from STDIN, a string, or a file. Runs the template and
       outputs the result to STDOUT.

MASON OPTIONS
       The following Mason options can be specified on the command line:

           --data-dir /path/to/data_dir
           --plugins MyPlugin,MyOtherPlugin

       The "comp_root" will be set to the directory of the template file or to a temporary
       directory if using STDIN. If not specified "data_dir" will be set to a temporary
       directory.

ADDITIONAL OPTIONS
       --args json-string
           A hash of arguments to pass to the page component, in JSON form. e.g.

               --args '{"count":5,"names":["Alice","Bob"]}'

SEE ALSO
       Mason

AUTHOR
       Jonathan Swartz <swartz AT pobox.com>

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE
       This software is copyright (c) 2011 by Jonathan Swartz.

       This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as
       the Perl 5 programming language system itself.

AUTHOR
       Jonathan Swartz <swartz AT pobox.com>

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE
       This software is copyright (c) 2012 by Jonathan Swartz.

       This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as
       the Perl 5 programming language system itself.



perl v5.18.2                                2014-02-01                                  MASON(1p)