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Old 04-20-2005
Which version of perl is installed on my system?
Hi,
With the command perl -v i can see the perl version, but it's like a text file..
is there a command which could give me just the perl version number?
i.e.: "5.8.1"

thanks!!
# 2  
Old 04-20-2005
What do you mean "like a text file"? perl -v outputs the version information for the perl that is installed. Output is to stdout. You can capture and parse this data to get the version number if you wish. Post the output of perl -v from your machine.
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Old 04-20-2005
i wanted to know if there was a way to get te version number without parsing.. i didn't want to do that work

thanks anyways!!
# 4  
Old 04-20-2005
There may be a way but I do not know it off hand. Check the perl man pages or have a look around CPAN or have a look here Perl FAQ
# 5  
Old 04-20-2005
Probably the best way to get the perl version, is with perl itself.

Perl script:

Code:
use strict;

$::VERSION = join('.', map {ord} split('', $^V)); 
print $::VERSION

Or as a single command to run in your favourite shell:
Code:
perl -Mstrict -wall -e "print join('.', map {ord} split('', \$^V));"

Output (on my system):

5.8.1

See the perlvar man page (for $^V) for further treatment of the subject.
Last edited by cbkihong; 04-20-2005 at 09:46 PM.. Reason: Minor improvements
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Old 04-20-2005
the OP might be looking for perl options like in "uname -r" to get the OS version ... anyways, here's my 2 cents ...
Code:
perl -v | awk '/This/ {print $4}' | sed -e 's/v//'

Last edited by Just Ice; 04-20-2005 at 10:08 PM.. Reason: remove the "v"
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Old 04-20-2005
Thanks to all of you!!
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