.. meta::
   :description: Tools to automatically translate CUDA source code into portable HIP C++
   :keywords: HIPIFY, ROCm, library, tool, CUDA, CUDA2HIP, hipify-clang, hipify-perl

.. _hipify-perl-cmd:

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hipify-perl commands
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For a list of ``hipify-perl`` options, run:

.. code-block:: cpp

  hipify-perl --help

Output:
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Usage
-----

.. code-block:: cpp

  hipify-perl [options] <source0> [... <sourceN>]

Options
-------

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    * - **Options**
      - **Description**

    * - ``-cuda-kernel-execution-syntax``
      - Keep CUDA kernel launch syntax (default)

    * - ``-examine``
      - Combines ``-no-output`` and ``-print-stats`` options

    * - ``-exclude-dirs=<string>``
      - Exclude directories

    * - ``-exclude-files=<string>``
      - Exclude files

    * - ``-experimental``
      - HIPIFY experimentally supported APIs

    * - ``-help``
      - Display available options

    * - ``-hip-kernel-execution-syntax``
      - Transform CUDA kernel launch syntax to a regular HIP function call (overrides ``--cuda-kernel-execution-syntax``)

    * - ``-inplace``
      - Backs up the input file in ``.prehip`` file, and modifies the input file in-place

    * - ``-no-output``
      - Don't write any translated output to stdout

    * - ``-o=<string>``
      - Output filename

    * - ``-print-stats``
      - Print translation statistics as described in :ref:`hipify-stats`

    * - ``-quiet-warnings``
      - Don't print warnings on unknown CUDA identifiers

    * - ``-roc``
      - Translate to ``roc`` libraries instead of ``hip`` libraries where possible

    * - ``-version``
      - The supported HIP version

    * - ``-whitelist=<string>``
      - Whitelist of identifiers