abbrev - create an abbreviation table from a list

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# NAME

abbrev - create an abbreviation table from a list

# SYNOPSIS

        use Text::Abbrev;
        abbrev $hashref, LIST

# DESCRIPTION

Stores all unambiguous truncations of each element of LIST as keys in the associative array referenced by `$hashref`. The values are the original list elements.

# EXAMPLE

        $hashref = abbrev qw(list edit send abort gripe);

        %hash = abbrev qw(list edit send abort gripe);

        abbrev $hashref, qw(list edit send abort gripe);

        abbrev(*hash, qw(list edit send abort gripe));

abbrev - create an abbreviation table from a list