11-17-2009
StdOut, StdErr - you can catch them.
Return code - a value which is 0 or !0. 0=SUCCESS, !0=FAILURE (according to POSIX). There are exceptions like diff. Return code should be between 0 and 127 but might be different.
There are other possibilities as well... google for inter-process communication.
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data::faker::streetaddress
Data::Faker::StreetAddress(3pm) User Contributed Perl Documentation Data::Faker::StreetAddress(3pm)
NAME
Data::Faker::StreetAddress - Data::Faker plugin
SYNOPSIS AND USAGE
See Data::Faker
DATA PROVIDERS
us_zip_code
Return a random zip or zip+4 zip code in the US zip code format. Note that this is not necessarily a valid zip code, just a 5 or 9
digit number in the correct format.
us_state
Return a random US state name.
us_state_abbr
Return a random US state abbreviation. (Includes US Territories and AE, AA, AP military designations.)
From the USPS list at http://www.usps.com/ncsc/lookups/usps_abbreviations.html
street_suffix
Return a random street suffix (Drive, Street, Road, etc.)
From the USPS list at http://www.usps.com/ncsc/lookups/usps_abbreviations.html
street_name
Return a fake street name.
street_address
Return a fake street address.
secondary_unit_designator
Return a random secondary unit designator, with a range if needed (secondary unit designators are things like apartment number,
building number, suite, penthouse, etc that differentiate different units with a common address.)
secondary_unit_number
Return a random secondary unit number, for the secondary unit designators that take ranges.
SEE ALSO
Data::Faker
AUTHOR
Jason Kohles, <email@jasonkohles.com>
COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE
Copyright 2004-2005 by Jason Kohles
This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.
perl v5.10.1 2005-07-14 Data::Faker::StreetAddress(3pm)