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ExtUtils::Command - utilities to replace common UNIX commands in Makefiles etc.
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... ...
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 the Shell::Command manpage.
Filenames with * and ? will be glob expanded.
cat file ...
Concatenates all files mentioned on command line to STDOUT.
eqtime source destination
Sets modified time of destination to that of source.
rm_rf files or directories ...
Removes files and directories - recursively (even if readonly)
rm_f file ...
Removes files (even if readonly)
touch file ...
Makes files exist, with current timestamp
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 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 mode files ...
Sets UNIX like permissions 'mode' on all the files. e.g. 0666
mkpath directory ...
Creates directories, including any parent directories.
test_f file
Tests if a file exists
dos2unix files or dirs ...
Converts DOS and OS/2 linefeeds to Unix style recursively.
Shell::Command which is these same functions but take arguments normally.
Nick Ing-Simmons ni-s@cpan.org
Currently maintained by Michael G Schwern schwern@pobox.com.