where(3pm) User Contributed Perl Documentation where(3pm)NAME
OpaL::where - Perl extension for locating system resources.
SYNOPSIS
use OpaL::where qw(which);
DESCRIPTION
OpaL::where is a module for locating system resources.
FUNCTIONS
which
Which takes a program name and searches for that in the PATH environment variable and returns the path to the executable. If no program
is found with that name undef is returned instead.
This is similar to the program with the same name. See which(1).
USAGE:
$t = "which"("perl");
AUTHOR
Ola Lundqvist <ola@inguza.com>
SEE ALSO perl(1), which(1).
perl v5.10.1 2009-04-21 where(3pm)
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read(3pm) User Contributed Perl Documentation read(3pm)NAME
OpaL::read - Perl extension for reading files and commands.
SYNOPSIS
use OpaL::read qw(functions);
No functions or variables are exported automaticly so you have to specify them here.
DESCRIPTION
OpaL::read is used for reading files and commands.
All functions are autoloaded so they will not be loaded into memory if you have not used them before.
FUNCTIONS
readfile
Reads the content of the specified file and returns a list with the all lines.
USAGE:
@foo = "readfile"($filename);
readfileline
Reads the first line of the specified file and returns a scalar with that line.
USAGE:
$foo = "readfileline"($filename);
readscalarfile
Reads the content of the specified file and returns a scalar with the entire content.
USAGE:
$foo = "readscalarfile"("filename");
readcommand
Reads the content from the output of the specified command and returns a list with the all lines.
USAGE:
@foo = "readcommand"("command");
readcommandline
Reads the first line from output of the specified command and returns a scalar with that line.
USAGE:
$foo = "readcommandline"("command)";
readscalarfile
Reads the content for the output of the specified file and returns a scalar with the entire content.
USAGE:
$foo = "readscalarcommand"($command);
AUTHOR
Ola Lundqvist <ola@inguza.com>
SEE ALSO perl(1).
perl v5.10.1 2012-08-21 read(3pm)
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