NAME
App::pmgrep - Print lines from installed Perl module sources matching a pattern
VERSION
This document describes version 0.744 of App::pmgrep (from Perl distribution App-PMUtils), released on 2023-05-12.
FUNCTIONS
pmgrep
Usage:
pmgrep(%args) -> [$status_code, $reason, $payload, \%result_meta]
Print lines from installed Perl module sources matching a pattern.
This is a like the Unix command grep but instead of specifying filenames, you specify module names or prefixes. The utility will search module source files from Perl's @INC
.
Examples:
# Find pre-increment in all Perl module files
% pmgrep '\+\+\$'
# Find some pattern in all Data::Sah::Coerce::* modules (note ** wildcard for recursing)
% pmgrep 'return ' Data::Sah::Coerce::**
This function is not exported.
Arguments ('*' denotes required arguments):
all => true
Require all patterns to match, instead of just one.
color => str (default: "auto")
Specify when to show color (never, always, or auto/when interactive).
count => true
Supress normal output, return a count of matching lines.
dash_prefix_inverts => bool
When given pattern that starts with dash "-FOO", make it to mean "^(?!.*FOO)".
This is a convenient way to search for lines that do not match a pattern. Instead of using
-v
to invert the meaning of all patterns, this option allows you to invert individual pattern using the dash prefix, which is also used by Google search and a few other search engines.ignore_case => bool
If set to true, will search case-insensitively.
invert_match => bool
Invert the sense of matching.
line_number => true
Show line number along with matches.
modules => perl::modnames
If not specified, all installed Perl modules will be searched.
pattern => str
Specify *string* to search for.
pm => bool (default: 1)
Whether to include .pm files.
pmc => bool
Whether to include .pmc files.
pod => bool
Whether to include .pod files.
quiet => true
Do not print matches, only return appropriate exit code.
recursive => true
(No description)
regexps => array[str]
Specify additional *regexp pattern* to search for.
Returns an enveloped result (an array).
First element ($status_code) is an integer containing HTTP-like status code (200 means OK, 4xx caller error, 5xx function error). Second element ($reason) is a string containing error message, or something like "OK" if status is 200. Third element ($payload) is the actual result, but usually not present when enveloped result is an error response ($status_code is not 2xx). Fourth element (%result_meta) is called result metadata and is optional, a hash that contains extra information, much like how HTTP response headers provide additional metadata.
Return value: (any)
HOMEPAGE
Please visit the project's homepage at https://metacpan.org/release/App-PMUtils.
SOURCE
Source repository is at https://github.com/perlancar/perl-App-PMUtils.
AUTHOR
perlancar <perlancar@cpan.org>
CONTRIBUTING
To contribute, you can send patches by email/via RT, or send pull requests on GitHub.
Most of the time, you don't need to build the distribution yourself. You can simply modify the code, then test via:
% prove -l
If you want to build the distribution (e.g. to try to install it locally on your system), you can install Dist::Zilla, Dist::Zilla::PluginBundle::Author::PERLANCAR, Pod::Weaver::PluginBundle::Author::PERLANCAR, and sometimes one or two other Dist::Zilla- and/or Pod::Weaver plugins. Any additional steps required beyond that are considered a bug and can be reported to me.
COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE
This software is copyright (c) 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014 by perlancar <perlancar@cpan.org>.
This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as the Perl 5 programming language system itself.
BUGS
Please report any bugs or feature requests on the bugtracker website https://rt.cpan.org/Public/Dist/Display.html?Name=App-PMUtils
When submitting a bug or request, please include a test-file or a patch to an existing test-file that illustrates the bug or desired feature.