This is Perl module String::Diff. INSTALLATION String::Diff installation is straightforward. If your CPAN shell is set up, you should just be able to do % cpan String::Diff Download it, unpack it, then build it as per the usual: % perl Makefile.PL % make && make test Then install it: % make install DOCUMENTATION String::Diff documentation is available as in POD. So you can do: % perldoc String::Diff to read the documentation online with your favorite pager. Kazuhiro Osawa