-- Perl 5.8.8 documentation --
ExtUtils::Command

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 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.

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

NOT

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

For that use Shell::Command.

Filenames with * and ? will be glob expanded.

  • 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

  • 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

Currently maintained by Michael G Schwern schwern@pobox.com .