NAME

purl-tool - Package URL tool

SYNOPSIS

purl-tool [OPTIONS]...STRING
purl-tool --type STRING [--namespace STRING] --name STRING [--version STRING] [--subpath STRING] [--qualifier KEY=VALUE [...]]
purl-tool [--help|--man|-v]

Options:
      --help                    Brief help message
      --man                     Full documentation
      -v                        Print version

"purl" string encode options:

      --type=STRING             Type
      --namespace=STRING        Namespace (optional)
      --name=STRING             Name
      --version=STRING          Version (optional)
      --qualifier KEY=VALUE     Qualifier key-value (optional)

"purl" string decode options:

      --download-url            Download URL
      --repository-url          Repository URL

  -0, --null                    Return NULL char instead of new line

      --format=FORMAT           Output format
      --dumper                  Data::Dumper format (--format=dumper)
      --json                    JSON output format (--format=json)
      --yaml                    YAML output format (--format=yaml)
      --env                     ENV output format (--format=env)

Examples:

Parse the given Package URL string and return JSON and send the STDOUT to jq:

    purl-tool pkg:cpan/GDT/URI-PackageURL@2.11 --json | jq

Download the package from the repository using Package URL string:

    wget $(purl-tool pkg:cpan/GDT/URI-PackageURL@2.11 --download-url)

Create a canonical Package URL string

    purl-tool --type cpan \
              --namespace GDT \
              --name URI-PackageURL \
              --version 2.11

DESCRIPTION

purl-tool Package URL tool

EXAMPLES

Parse the given Package URL string and return JSON and send the STDOUT to jq:

purl-tool pkg:cpan/GDT/URI-PackageURL@2.11 --json | jq

Download the package from the repository using Package URL string:

wget $(purl-tool pkg:cpan/GDT/URI-PackageURL@2.11 --download-url)

Create a canonical Package URL string:

purl-tool --type cpan \
          --namespace GDT \
          --name URI-PackageURL \
          --version 2.11

AUTHOR

Giuseppe Di Terlizzi

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

Copyright © 2022-2025 Giuseppe Di Terlizzi

You may use and distribute this module according to the same terms that Perl is distributed under.