ExtUtils::Command

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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.

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 .

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