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package Text::Head;
our $DATE = '2016-04-01'; # DATE
our $VERSION = '0.001'; # VERSION
use 5.010001;
use strict;
use Exporter::Rinci qw(import);
our %SPEC;
# TODO: accept filehandle in addition to string
# TODO: mode characters/bytes
# TODO: record separator option
# TODO: accept negative number (-N), which means all but last N lines of file
$SPEC{head_text} = {
v => 1.1,
summary => 'Output the first part of text',
args => {
text => {
schema => 'str*',
req => 1,
},
lines => {
schema => 'int*',
default => 10,
},
hint => {
schema => 'bool',
},
},
result_naked => 1,
examples => [
{
args => {text=>"line 1\nline 2\nline 3\nline 4\n", lines=>2},
result => "line 1\nline 2\n",
}
],
};
sub head_text {
my %args = @_;
my $lines = $args{lines} // 10;
my @lines = split /^/, $args{text};
if ($lines >= @lines) {
return $args{text};
} else {
my $remaining = @lines - $lines;
my $res = join("", @lines[0..$lines-1]);
if ($args{hint}) {
$res .= "\n" unless $res =~ /\R\z/;
$res .= "(... $remaining more line(s) not shown ...)\n";
}
return $res;
}
}
1;
# ABSTRACT: Output the first part of text
__END__
=pod
=encoding UTF-8
=head1 NAME
Text::Head - Output the first part of text
=head1 VERSION
This document describes version 0.001 of Text::Head (from Perl distribution Text-Head), released on 2016-04-01.
=head1 FUNCTIONS
=head2 head_text(%args) -> any
Output the first part of text.
Examples:
=over
=item * Example #1:
head_text(lines => 2, text => "line 1\nline 2\nline 3\nline 4\n"); # -> "line 1\nline 2\n"
=back
This function is not exported by default, but exportable.
Arguments ('*' denotes required arguments):
=over 4
=item * B<hint> => I<bool>
=item * B<lines> => I<int> (default: 10)
=item * B<text>* => I<str>
=back
Return value: (any)
=head1 HOMEPAGE
Please visit the project's homepage at L<https://metacpan.org/release/Text-Head>.
=head1 SOURCE
=head1 BUGS
Please report any bugs or feature requests on the bugtracker website L<https://rt.cpan.org/Public/Dist/Display.html?Name=Text-Head>
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.
=head1 SEE ALSO
The L<head> Unix command.
=head1 AUTHOR
perlancar <perlancar@cpan.org>
=head1 COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE
This software is copyright (c) 2016 by 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.
=cut