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# ExtUtils::Command

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# 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.

# SEE ALSO

Shell::Command which is these same functions but take arguments normally.

# 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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