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ExtUtils::Command.3perl

NAME

ExtUtils::Command - utilities to replace common UNIX commands in Makefiles etc.

SYNOPSIS

   perl -MExtUtils::Command -e cat files... > destination
   perl -MExtUtils::Command -e mv source... destination
   perl -MExtUtils::Command -e cp source... destination
   perl -MExtUtils::Command -e touch files...
   perl -MExtUtils::Command -e rm_f files...
   perl -MExtUtils::Command -e rm_rf directories...
   perl -MExtUtils::Command -e mkpath directories...
   perl -MExtUtils::Command -e eqtime source destination
   perl -MExtUtils::Command -e test_f file
   perl -MExtUtils::Command -e test_d directory
   perl -MExtUtils::Command -e chmod mode files...
   ...
 
 

DESCRIPTION

The module is used to replace common UNIX commands. In all cases the functions work from @ARGV rather than taking arguments. This makes them easier to deal with in Makefiles. Call them like this:

   perl -MExtUtils::Command -e some_command some files to work on
 
 

and NOT like this:

   perl -MExtUtils::Command -e 'some_command qw(some files to work on)'
 
 

For that use Shell::Command.

Filenames with * and ? will be glob expanded.

FUNCTIONS

cat

     cat file ...
 
 

Concatenates all files mentioned on command line to STDOUT.

eqtime

     eqtime source destination
 
 

Sets modified time of destination to that of source.

rm_rf

     rm_rf files or directories ...
 
 

Removes files and directories - recursively (even if readonly)

rm_f

     rm_f file ...
 
 

Removes files (even if readonly)

touch

     touch file ...
 
 

Makes files exist, with current timestamp

mv

     mv source_file destination_file
     mv source_file source_file destination_dir
 
 

Moves source to destination. Multiple sources are allowed if destination is an existing directory.

Returns true if all moves succeeded, false otherwise.

cp

     cp source_file destination_file
     cp source_file source_file destination_dir
 
 

Copies sources to the destination. Multiple sources are allowed if destination is an existing directory.

Returns true if all copies succeeded, false otherwise.

chmod

     chmod mode files ...
 
 

Sets UNIX like permissions 'mode' on all the files. e.g. 0666

mkpath

     mkpath directory ...
 
 

Creates directories, including any parent directories.

test_f

     test_f file
 
 

Tests if a file exists. Exits with 0 if it does, 1 if it does not (ie. shell's idea of true and false).

test_d

     test_d directory
 
 

Tests if a directory exists. Exits with 0 if it does, 1 if it does not (ie. shell's idea of true and false).

dos2unix

     dos2unix files or dirs ...
 
 

Converts DOS and OS/2 linefeeds to Unix style recursively.

SEE ALSO

Shell::Command which is these same functions but take arguments normally.

AUTHOR

Nick Ing-Simmons "ni-s@cpan.org"

Maintained by Michael G Schwern "schwern@pobox.com" within the ExtUtils-MakeMaker package and, as a separate CPAN package, by Randy Kobes "r.kobes@uwinnipeg.ca".