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Data-Table-Text-20181006
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/ Data::Table::Text

Name

Data::Table::Text - Write data in tabular text format.

Synopsis

use Data::Table::Text;

# Print a table:

my $d =
 [[qq(a), qq(b\nbb), qq(c\ncc\nccc\n)],
  [qq(1), qq(1\n22), qq(1\n22\n333\n)],
 ];

my $t = formatTable($d, [qw(A BB CCC)]);

ok $t eq <<END;
   A  BB  CCC
1  a  b   c
      bb  cc
          ccc
2  1   1    1
      22   22
          333
END

# Print a table containing tables and make it into a report:

my $D = [[qq(See the\ntable\nopposite), $t],
         [qq(Or\nthis\none),            $t],
        ];


my $T = formatTable($D, [qw(Description Table)], head=><<END);
Table of Tables.

Table has NNNN rows each of which contains a table.
END

ok $T eq <<END;
Table of Tables.

Table has 2 rows each of which contains a table.


   Description  Table
1  See the         A  BB  CCC
   table        1  a  b   c
   opposite           bb  cc
                          ccc
                2  1   1    1
                      22   22
                          333
2  Or              A  BB  CCC
   this         1  a  b   c
   one                bb  cc
                          ccc
                2  1   1    1
                      22   22
                          333
END

# Print an array of arrays:

my $aa = formatTable
 ([[qw(A   B   C  )],
   [qw(AA  BB  CC )],
   [qw(AAA BBB CCC)],
   [qw(1   22  333)]],
   [qw (aa  bb  cc)]);

ok $aa eq <<END;
   aa   bb   cc
1  A    B    C
2  AA   BB   CC
3  AAA  BBB  CCC
4    1   22  333
END

# Print an array of hashes:

my $ah = formatTable
 ([{aa=> "A",   bb => "B",   cc => "C" },
   {aa=> "AA",  bb => "BB",  cc => "CC" },
   {aa=> "AAA", bb => "BBB", cc => "CCC" },
   {aa=> 1,     bb => 22,    cc => 333 }]);

ok $ah eq <<END;
   aa   bb   cc
1  A    B    C
2  AA   BB   CC
3  AAA  BBB  CCC
4    1   22  333
END

# Print a hash of arrays:

my $ha = formatTable
 ({""     => ["aa",  "bb",  "cc"],
   "1"    => ["A",   "B",   "C"],
   "22"   => ["AA",  "BB",  "CC"],
   "333"  => ["AAA", "BBB", "CCC"],
   "4444" => [1,      22,    333]},
   [qw(Key A B C)]
   );

ok $ha eq <<END;
Key   A    B    C
      aa   bb   cc
   1  A    B    C
  22  AA   BB   CC
 333  AAA  BBB  CCC
4444    1   22  333
END

# Print a hash of hashes:

my $hh = formatTable
 ({a    => {aa=>"A",   bb=>"B",   cc=>"C" },
   aa   => {aa=>"AA",  bb=>"BB",  cc=>"CC" },
   aaa  => {aa=>"AAA", bb=>"BBB", cc=>"CCC" },
   aaaa => {aa=>1,     bb=>22,    cc=>333 }});

ok $hh eq <<END;
      aa   bb   cc
a     A    B    C
aa    AA   BB   CC
aaa   AAA  BBB  CCC
aaaa    1   22  333
END

# Print an array of scalars:

my $a = formatTable(["a", "bb", "ccc", 4], [q(#), q(Col)]);

ok $a eq <<END;
#  Col
0  a
1  bb
2  ccc
3    4
END

# Print a hash of scalars:

my $h = formatTable({aa=>"AAAA", bb=>"BBBB", cc=>"333"}, [qw(Key Title)]);

ok $h eq <<END;
Key  Title
aa   AAAA
bb   BBBB
cc     333
END

Description

Write data in tabular text format.

The following sections describe the methods in each functional area of this module. For an alphabetic listing of all methods by name see Index.

Time stamps

Date and timestamps as used in logs of long running commands.

dateTimeStamp()

Year-monthNumber-day at hours:minute:seconds

Example:

ok 𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗧𝗶𝗺𝗲𝗦𝘁𝗮𝗺𝗽     =~ m(\A\d{4}-\d\d-\d\d at \d\d:\d\d:\d\d\Z);

dateTimeStampName()

Date time stamp without white space.

Example:

ok 𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗧𝗶𝗺𝗲𝗦𝘁𝗮𝗺𝗽𝗡𝗮𝗺𝗲 =~ m(\A_on_\d{4}_\d\d_\d\d_at_\d\d_\d\d_\d\d\Z);

dateStamp()

Year-monthName-day

Example:

ok 𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗦𝘁𝗮𝗺𝗽         =~ m(\A\d{4}-\w{3}-\d\d\Z);

versionCode()

YYYYmmdd-HHMMSS

Example:

ok 𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗖𝗼𝗱𝗲       =~ m(\A\d{8}-\d{6}\Z);

versionCodeDashed()

YYYY-mm-dd-HH:MM:SS

Example:

ok 𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗖𝗼𝗱𝗲𝗗𝗮𝘀𝗵𝗲𝗱 =~ m(\A\d{4}-\d\d-\d\d-\d\d:\d\d:\d\d\Z);

timeStamp()

hours:minute:seconds

Example:

ok 𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲𝗦𝘁𝗮𝗺𝗽         =~ m(\A\d\d:\d\d:\d\d\Z);

microSecondsSinceEpoch()

Micro seconds since unix epoch.

Example:

ok 𝗺𝗶𝗰𝗿𝗼𝗦𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗱𝘀𝗦𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗘𝗽𝗼𝗰𝗵 > 47*365*24*60*60*1e6;

Command execution

Various ways of processing commands.

xxx(@)

Execute a shell command. The command to execute is specified as one or more strings which are joined together after removing any new lines. Optionally the last string can be a regular expression that is used to test the output generated by the execution the command: if the regular expression fails the command output is printed, else it is suppressed as being uninteresting.

   Parameter  Description
1  @cmd       Command to execute followed by an optional regular expression to test the results

Example:

{ok 𝘅𝘅𝘅("echo aaa")       =~ /aaa/;

yyy($)

Execute a block of shell commands line by line after removing comments - stop if there is a non zero return code from any command.

   Parameter  Description
1  $cmd       Commands to execute separated by new lines

Example:

  ok !𝘆𝘆𝘆 <<END;
echo aaa
echo bbb
END

zzz($$$$)

Execute lines of commands after replacing new lines with && then check that the pipeline execution results in a return code of zero and that the execution results match the optional regular expression if one has been supplied; confess() to an error if either check fails.

   Parameter    Description
1  $cmd         Commands to execute - one per line with no trailing &&
2  $success     Optional regular expression to check for acceptable results
3  $returnCode  Optional regular expression to check the acceptable return codes
4  $message     Message of explanation if any of the checks fail

Example:

ok 𝘇𝘇𝘇(<<END, qr(aaa\s*bbb)s);
echo aaa
echo bbb
END

parseCommandLineArguments(&$$)

Classify the specified array of words referred to by $args into positional and keyword parameters, call the specified sub with a reference to an array of positional parameters followed by a reference to a hash of keywords and their values then return the value returned by this sub. The keywords names will be validated if $valid is either a reference to an array of valid keywords names or a hash of valid keyword names => textual descriptions. Confess with a table of valid keywords definitions if the $valid keywords are specified and an invalid one is presented.

   Parameter  Description
1  $sub       Sub to call
2  $args      List of arguments to parse
3  $valid     Optional list of valid parameters else all parameters will be accepted

Example:

my $r = 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘀𝗲𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗟𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗔𝗿𝗴𝘂𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀 {[@_]}

 [qw( aaa bbb -c --dd --eee=EEEE -f=F), q(--gg=g g), q(--hh=h h)];

is_deeply $r,

  [["aaa", "bbb"],

   {c=>undef, dd=>undef, eee=>"EEEE", f=>"F", gg=>"g g", hh=>"h h"},

  ];

call(&@)

Call the specified sub in a separate process, wait for it to complete, copy back the named our variables, free the memory used.

   Parameter  Description
1  $sub       Sub to call
2  @our       Our variable names with preceding sigils to copy back

Example:

ˢ{our $a = q(1);
  our @a = qw(1);
  our %a = (a=>1);
  our $b = q(1);
  for(2..4) {
    𝗰𝗮𝗹𝗹 {$a = $_  x 1000; $a[0] = $_; $a{a} = $_; $b = 2;} qw($a @a %a);
    ok $a    == $_ x 1000;
    ok $a[0] == $_;
    ok $a{a} == $_;
    ok $b    == 1;
   }
 };

Files and paths

Operations on files and paths.

Statistics

Information about each file.

fileSize($)

Get the size of a file.

   Parameter  Description
1  $file      File name

Example:

my $f = writeFile("zzz.data", "aaa");

ok 𝗳𝗶𝗹𝗲𝗦𝗶𝘇𝗲($f) == 3;

fileModTime($)

Get the modified time of a file in seconds since the epoch.

   Parameter  Description
1  $file      File name

Example:

ok 𝗳𝗶𝗹𝗲𝗠𝗼𝗱𝗧𝗶𝗺𝗲($0) =~ m(\A\d+\Z)s;

fileOutOfDate(&$@)

Calls the specified sub once for each source file that is missing, then calls the sub for the target if there were any missing files or if the target is older than any of the non missing source files or if the target does not exist. The file name is passed to the sub each time in $_. Returns the files to be remade in the order they should be made.

   Parameter  Description
1  $make      Make with this sub
2  $target    Target file
3  @source    Source files

Example:

if (0) {
  my @Files = qw(a b c);
  my @files = (@Files, qw(d));
  writeFile($_, $_), sleep 1 for @Files;

  my $a = '';
  my @a = 𝗳𝗶𝗹𝗲𝗢𝘂𝘁𝗢𝗳𝗗𝗮𝘁𝗲 {$a .= $_} q(a), @files;
  ok $a eq 'da';
  is_deeply [@a], [qw(d a)];

  my $b = '';
  my @b = 𝗳𝗶𝗹𝗲𝗢𝘂𝘁𝗢𝗳𝗗𝗮𝘁𝗲 {$b .= $_} q(b), @files;
  ok $b eq 'db';
  is_deeply [@b], [qw(d b)];

  my $c = '';
  my @c = 𝗳𝗶𝗹𝗲𝗢𝘂𝘁𝗢𝗳𝗗𝗮𝘁𝗲 {$c .= $_} q(c), @files;
  ok $c eq 'dc';
  is_deeply [@c], [qw(d c)];

  my $d = '';
  my @d = 𝗳𝗶𝗹𝗲𝗢𝘂𝘁𝗢𝗳𝗗𝗮𝘁𝗲 {$d .= $_} q(d), @files;
  ok $d eq 'd';
  is_deeply [@d], [qw(d)];

  my @A = 𝗳𝗶𝗹𝗲𝗢𝘂𝘁𝗢𝗳𝗗𝗮𝘁𝗲 {} q(a), @Files;
  my @B = 𝗳𝗶𝗹𝗲𝗢𝘂𝘁𝗢𝗳𝗗𝗮𝘁𝗲 {} q(b), @Files;
  my @C = 𝗳𝗶𝗹𝗲𝗢𝘂𝘁𝗢𝗳𝗗𝗮𝘁𝗲 {} q(c), @Files;
  is_deeply [@A], [qw(a)];
  is_deeply [@B], [qw(b)];
  is_deeply [@C], [];
  unlink for @Files;
 }

firstFileThatExists(@)

Returns the name of the first file that exists or undef if none of the named files exist.

   Parameter  Description
1  @files     Files to check

Example:

my $d = temporaryFolder;

ok $d eq 𝗳𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁𝗙𝗶𝗹𝗲𝗧𝗵𝗮𝘁𝗘𝘅𝗶𝘀𝘁𝘀("$d/$d", $d);

Components

File names and components.

Fusion

Create file names from file name components.

filePath(@)

Create a file name from an array of file name components. If all the components are blank then a blank file name is returned. Identical to fpf.

   Parameter  Description
1  @file      File name components

Example:

if (1) {
  ok 𝗳𝗶𝗹𝗲𝗣𝗮𝘁𝗵   (qw(/aaa bbb ccc ddd.eee)) eq "/aaa/bbb/ccc/ddd.eee";
  ok filePathDir(qw(/aaa bbb ccc ddd))     eq "/aaa/bbb/ccc/ddd/";
  ok filePathDir('', qw(aaa))              eq "aaa/";
  ok filePathDir('')                       eq "";
  ok filePathExt(qw(aaa xxx))              eq "aaa.xxx";
  ok filePathExt(qw(aaa bbb xxx))          eq "aaa/bbb.xxx";

  ok fpd        (qw(/aaa bbb ccc ddd))     eq "/aaa/bbb/ccc/ddd/";
  ok fpf        (qw(/aaa bbb ccc ddd.eee)) eq "/aaa/bbb/ccc/ddd.eee";
  ok fpe        (qw(aaa bbb xxx))          eq "aaa/bbb.xxx";
 }

fpf is a synonym for filePath.

filePathDir(@)

Create a directory name from an array of file name components. If all the components are blank then a blank file name is returned. Identical to fpd.

   Parameter  Description
1  @file      Directory name components

Example:

if (1) {
  ok filePath   (qw(/aaa bbb ccc ddd.eee)) eq "/aaa/bbb/ccc/ddd.eee";
  ok 𝗳𝗶𝗹𝗲𝗣𝗮𝘁𝗵𝗗𝗶𝗿(qw(/aaa bbb ccc ddd))     eq "/aaa/bbb/ccc/ddd/";
  ok 𝗳𝗶𝗹𝗲𝗣𝗮𝘁𝗵𝗗𝗶𝗿('', qw(aaa))              eq "aaa/";
  ok 𝗳𝗶𝗹𝗲𝗣𝗮𝘁𝗵𝗗𝗶𝗿('')                       eq "";
  ok filePathExt(qw(aaa xxx))              eq "aaa.xxx";
  ok filePathExt(qw(aaa bbb xxx))          eq "aaa/bbb.xxx";

  ok fpd        (qw(/aaa bbb ccc ddd))     eq "/aaa/bbb/ccc/ddd/";
  ok fpf        (qw(/aaa bbb ccc ddd.eee)) eq "/aaa/bbb/ccc/ddd.eee";
  ok fpe        (qw(aaa bbb xxx))          eq "aaa/bbb.xxx";
 }

fpd is a synonym for filePathDir.

filePathExt(@)

Create a file name from an array of file name components the last of which is an extension. Identical to fpe.

   Parameter  Description
1  @File      File name components and extension

Example:

if (1) {
  ok filePath   (qw(/aaa bbb ccc ddd.eee)) eq "/aaa/bbb/ccc/ddd.eee";
  ok filePathDir(qw(/aaa bbb ccc ddd))     eq "/aaa/bbb/ccc/ddd/";
  ok filePathDir('', qw(aaa))              eq "aaa/";
  ok filePathDir('')                       eq "";
  ok 𝗳𝗶𝗹𝗲𝗣𝗮𝘁𝗵𝗘𝘅𝘁(qw(aaa xxx))              eq "aaa.xxx";
  ok 𝗳𝗶𝗹𝗲𝗣𝗮𝘁𝗵𝗘𝘅𝘁(qw(aaa bbb xxx))          eq "aaa/bbb.xxx";

  ok fpd        (qw(/aaa bbb ccc ddd))     eq "/aaa/bbb/ccc/ddd/";
  ok fpf        (qw(/aaa bbb ccc ddd.eee)) eq "/aaa/bbb/ccc/ddd.eee";
  ok fpe        (qw(aaa bbb xxx))          eq "aaa/bbb.xxx";
 }

fpe is a synonym for filePathExt.

Fission

Get file name components from file names.

fp($)

Get path from file name.

   Parameter  Description
1  $file      File name

Example:

ok 𝗳𝗽 (q(a/b/c.d.e))  eq q(a/b/);

fpn($)

Remove extension from file name.

   Parameter  Description
1  $file      File name

Example:

ok 𝗳𝗽𝗻(q(a/b/c.d.e))  eq q(a/b/c.d);

fn($)

Remove path and extension from file name.

   Parameter  Description
1  $file      File name

Example:

ok 𝗳𝗻 (q(a/b/c.d.e))  eq q(c.d);

fne($)

Remove path from file name.

   Parameter  Description
1  $file      File name

Example:

ok 𝗳𝗻𝗲(q(a/b/c.d.e))  eq q(c.d.e);

fe($)

Get extension of file name.

   Parameter  Description
1  $file      File name

Example:

ok 𝗳𝗲 (q(a/b/c.d.e))  eq q(e);

checkFile($)

Return the name of the specified file if it exists, else confess the maximum extent of the path that does exist.

   Parameter  Description
1  $file      File to check

Example:

my $d = filePath   (my @d = qw(a b c d));

my $f = filePathExt(qw(a b c d e x));

my $F = filePathExt(qw(a b c e d));

createEmptyFile($f);

ok 𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗰𝗸𝗙𝗶𝗹𝗲($d);

ok 𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗰𝗸𝗙𝗶𝗹𝗲($f);

quoteFile($)

Quote a file name.

   Parameter  Description
1  $file      File name

Example:

ok 𝗾𝘂𝗼𝘁𝗲𝗙𝗶𝗹𝗲(fpe(qw(a "b" c))) eq q("a/\"b\".c");

removeFilePrefix($@)

Removes a file prefix from an array of files.

   Parameter  Description
1  $prefix    File prefix
2  @files     Array of file names

Example:

is_deeply [qw(a b)], [&𝗿𝗲𝗺𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗙𝗶𝗹𝗲𝗣𝗿𝗲𝗳𝗶𝘅(qw(a/ a/a a/b))];

is_deeply [qw(b)],   [&𝗿𝗲𝗺𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗙𝗶𝗹𝗲𝗣𝗿𝗲𝗳𝗶𝘅("a/", "a/b")];

titleToUniqueFileName($$$$)

Create a file name from a title that is unique within the set %uniqueNames.

   Parameter         Description
1  $uniqueFileNames  Unique file names hash {} which will be updated by this method
2  $title            Title
3  $suffix           File name suffix
4  $ext              File extension

Example:

ˢ{my $f = {};
  ok q(a_p.txt)   eq &𝘁𝗶𝘁𝗹𝗲𝗧𝗼𝗨𝗻𝗶𝗾𝘂𝗲𝗙𝗶𝗹𝗲𝗡𝗮𝗺𝗲($f, qw(a p txt));
  ok q(a_p_2.txt) eq &𝘁𝗶𝘁𝗹𝗲𝗧𝗼𝗨𝗻𝗶𝗾𝘂𝗲𝗙𝗶𝗹𝗲𝗡𝗮𝗺𝗲($f, qw(a p txt));
  ok q(a_p_3.txt) eq &𝘁𝗶𝘁𝗹𝗲𝗧𝗼𝗨𝗻𝗶𝗾𝘂𝗲𝗙𝗶𝗹𝗲𝗡𝗮𝗺𝗲($f, qw(a p txt));
  ok q(a_q.txt)   eq &𝘁𝗶𝘁𝗹𝗲𝗧𝗼𝗨𝗻𝗶𝗾𝘂𝗲𝗙𝗶𝗹𝗲𝗡𝗮𝗺𝗲($f, qw(a q txt));
  ok q(a_q_5.txt) eq &𝘁𝗶𝘁𝗹𝗲𝗧𝗼𝗨𝗻𝗶𝗾𝘂𝗲𝗙𝗶𝗹𝗲𝗡𝗮𝗺𝗲($f, qw(a q txt));
  ok q(a_q_6.txt) eq &𝘁𝗶𝘁𝗹𝗲𝗧𝗼𝗨𝗻𝗶𝗾𝘂𝗲𝗙𝗶𝗹𝗲𝗡𝗮𝗺𝗲($f, qw(a q txt));
 };

  ok q(a_p.txt)   eq &𝘁𝗶𝘁𝗹𝗲𝗧𝗼𝗨𝗻𝗶𝗾𝘂𝗲𝗙𝗶𝗹𝗲𝗡𝗮𝗺𝗲($f, qw(a p txt));

  ok q(a_p_2.txt) eq &𝘁𝗶𝘁𝗹𝗲𝗧𝗼𝗨𝗻𝗶𝗾𝘂𝗲𝗙𝗶𝗹𝗲𝗡𝗮𝗺𝗲($f, qw(a p txt));

  ok q(a_p_3.txt) eq &𝘁𝗶𝘁𝗹𝗲𝗧𝗼𝗨𝗻𝗶𝗾𝘂𝗲𝗙𝗶𝗹𝗲𝗡𝗮𝗺𝗲($f, qw(a p txt));

  ok q(a_q.txt)   eq &𝘁𝗶𝘁𝗹𝗲𝗧𝗼𝗨𝗻𝗶𝗾𝘂𝗲𝗙𝗶𝗹𝗲𝗡𝗮𝗺𝗲($f, qw(a q txt));

  ok q(a_q_5.txt) eq &𝘁𝗶𝘁𝗹𝗲𝗧𝗼𝗨𝗻𝗶𝗾𝘂𝗲𝗙𝗶𝗹𝗲𝗡𝗮𝗺𝗲($f, qw(a q txt));

  ok q(a_q_6.txt) eq &𝘁𝗶𝘁𝗹𝗲𝗧𝗼𝗨𝗻𝗶𝗾𝘂𝗲𝗙𝗶𝗹𝗲𝗡𝗮𝗺𝗲($f, qw(a q txt));

Position

Position in the file system.

currentDirectory()

Get the current working directory.

Example:

𝗰𝘂𝗿𝗿𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗗𝗶𝗿𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆;

currentDirectoryAbove()

The path to the folder above the current working folder.

Example:

𝗰𝘂𝗿𝗿𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗗𝗶𝗿𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆𝗔𝗯𝗼𝘃𝗲;

parseFileName($)

Parse a file name into (path, name, extension).

   Parameter  Description
1  $file      File name to parse

Example:

is_deeply [𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘀𝗲𝗙𝗶𝗹𝗲𝗡𝗮𝗺𝗲 "a.b/c.d.e"],            [qw(a.b/ c.d e)];

fullFileName()

Full name of a file.

Example:

𝗳𝘂𝗹𝗹𝗙𝗶𝗹𝗲𝗡𝗮𝗺𝗲(fpe(qw(a txt)));

absFromAbsPlusRel($$)

Create an absolute file from an absolute file and a relative file.

   Parameter  Description
1  $a         Absolute file name
2  $f         Relative file name

Example:

ok "/home/la/perl/aaa.pl"   eq 𝗮𝗯𝘀𝗙𝗿𝗼𝗺𝗔𝗯𝘀𝗣𝗹𝘂𝘀𝗥𝗲𝗹("/home/la/perl/bbb",      "aaa.pl");

ok "/home/la/perl/aaa.pl"   eq 𝗮𝗯𝘀𝗙𝗿𝗼𝗺𝗔𝗯𝘀𝗣𝗹𝘂𝘀𝗥𝗲𝗹("/home/il/perl/bbb.pl",   "../../la/perl/aaa.pl");

relFromAbsAgainstAbs($$)

Derive a relative file name for the first absolute file name relative to the second absolute file name.

   Parameter  Description
1  $f         Absolute file to be made relative
2  $a         Absolute file name to make relative to.

Example:

ok "bbb.pl"                 eq 𝗿𝗲𝗹𝗙𝗿𝗼𝗺𝗔𝗯𝘀𝗔𝗴𝗮𝗶𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗔𝗯𝘀("/home/la/perl/bbb.pl", "/home/la/perl/aaa.pl");

ok "../perl/bbb.pl"         eq 𝗿𝗲𝗹𝗙𝗿𝗼𝗺𝗔𝗯𝘀𝗔𝗴𝗮𝗶𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗔𝗯𝘀("/home/la/perl/bbb.pl", "/home/la/java/aaa.jv");

Temporary

Temporary files and folders

temporaryFile()

Create a temporary file that will automatically be unlinked during END processing.

Example:

my $f = 𝘁𝗲𝗺𝗽𝗼𝗿𝗮𝗿𝘆𝗙𝗶𝗹𝗲;

temporaryFolder()

Create a temporary folder that will automatically be rmdired during END processing.

Example:

my $D = 𝘁𝗲𝗺𝗽𝗼𝗿𝗮𝗿𝘆𝗙𝗼𝗹𝗱𝗲𝗿;

temporaryDirectory is a synonym for temporaryFolder.

Find

Find files and folders below a folder.

findFiles($$)

Find all the files under a folder and optionally filter the selected files with a regular expression.

   Parameter  Description
1  $dir       Folder to start the search with
2  $filter    Optional regular expression to filter files

Example:

my $D = temporaryFolder;

my $d = fpd($D, q(ddd));

my @f = map {createEmptyFile(fpe($d, $_, qw(txt)))} qw(a b c);

is_deeply [sort map {fne $_} 𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗱𝗙𝗶𝗹𝗲𝘀($d, qr(txt\Z))], [qw(a.txt b.txt c.txt)];

findDirs($$)

Find all the folders under a folder and optionally filter the selected folders with a regular expression.

   Parameter  Description
1  $dir       Folder to start the search with
2  $filter    Optional regular expression to filter files

Example:

my $D = temporaryFolder;

my $d = fpd($D, q(ddd));

my @f = map {createEmptyFile(fpe($d, $_, qw(txt)))} qw(a b c);

is_deeply [𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗱𝗗𝗶𝗿𝘀($D)], [$D, $d];

fileList($)

Files that match a given search pattern handed to bsd_glob.

   Parameter  Description
1  $pattern   Search pattern

Example:

my $D = temporaryFolder;

my $d = fpd($D, q(ddd));

my @f = map {createEmptyFile(fpe($d, $_, qw(txt)))} qw(a b c);

is_deeply [sort map {fne $_} 𝗳𝗶𝗹𝗲𝗟𝗶𝘀𝘁("$d/*.txt")],

          ["a.txt", "b.txt", "c.txt"];

searchDirectoryTreesForMatchingFiles(@)

Search the specified directory trees for the files (not folders) that match the specified extensions. The argument list should include at least one path name to be useful. If no file extension is supplied then all the files below the specified paths are returned.

   Parameter              Description
1  @foldersandExtensions  Mixture of folder names and extensions

Example:

my $D = temporaryFolder;

my $d = fpd($D, q(ddd));

my @f = map {createEmptyFile(fpe($d, $_, qw(txt)))} qw(a b c);

is_deeply [sort map {fne $_} 𝘀𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗗𝗶𝗿𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆𝗧𝗿𝗲𝗲𝘀𝗙𝗼𝗿𝗠𝗮𝘁𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴𝗙𝗶𝗹𝗲𝘀($d)],

          ["a.txt", "b.txt", "c.txt"];

matchPath($)

Given an absolute path find out how much of the path actually exists.

   Parameter  Description
1  $file      File name

Example:

my $d = filePath   (my @d = qw(a b c d));

ok 𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗰𝗵𝗣𝗮𝘁𝗵($d) eq $d;

findFileWithExtension($@)

Find the first extension from the specified extensions that produces a file that exists when appended to the specified file.

   Parameter  Description
1  $file      File name minus extensions
2  @ext       Possible extensions

Example:

my $f = createEmptyFile(fpe(my $d = temporaryFolder, qw(a jpg)));

my $F = 𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗱𝗙𝗶𝗹𝗲𝗪𝗶𝘁𝗵𝗘𝘅𝘁𝗲𝗻𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻(fpf($d, q(a)), qw(txt data jpg));

ok $F eq "jpg";

clearFolder($$)

Remove all the files and folders under and including the specified folder as long as the number of files to be removed is less than the specified limit.

   Parameter    Description
1  $folder      Folder
2  $limitCount  Maximum number of files to remove to limit damage

Example:

my $D = temporaryFolder;

my $d = fpd($D, q(ddd));

my @f = map {createEmptyFile(fpe($d, $_, qw(txt)))} qw(a b c);

𝗰𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗙𝗼𝗹𝗱𝗲𝗿($D, 5);

ok !-e $_ for @f;

ok !-d $D;

Read and write files

Read and write strings from and to files creating paths as needed.

readFile($)

Read a file containing unicode in utf8.

   Parameter  Description
1  $file      Name of file to read

Example:

my $f = writeFile(undef, "aaa");

my $s = 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗙𝗶𝗹𝗲($f);

ok $s eq "aaa";

appendFile($f, "bbb");

my $S = 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗙𝗶𝗹𝗲($f);

ok $S eq "aaabbb";

evalFile($)

Read a file containing unicode in utf8, evaluate it, confess to any errors and then return any result - an improvement on do which silently ignores any problems.

   Parameter  Description
1  $file      File to read

Example:

my $f = dumpFile(undef, [qw(aaa bbb ccc)]);

my $s = 𝗲𝘃𝗮𝗹𝗙𝗶𝗹𝗲($f);

is_deeply $s, [qw(aaa bbb ccc)];

evalGZipFile($)

Read a file containing compressed utf8, evaluate it, confess to any errors or return any result.

   Parameter  Description
1  $file      File to read

Example:

if (1) {
  my $d = [1, 2, 3=>{a=>4, b=>5}];
  my $file = dumpGZipFile(q(zzz.zip), $d);
  ok -e $file;
  my $D = 𝗲𝘃𝗮𝗹𝗚𝗭𝗶𝗽𝗙𝗶𝗹𝗲($file);
  is_deeply $d, $D;
  unlink $file;
 }

readBinaryFile($)

Read binary file - a file whose contents are not to be interpreted as unicode.

   Parameter  Description
1  $file      File to read

Example:

my $f = writeBinaryFile(undef, 0xff x 8);

my $s = 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗕𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗿𝘆𝗙𝗶𝗹𝗲($f);

ok $s eq 0xff x 8;

readGZipFile($)

Read the specified $file, containing compressed utf8, through gzip

   Parameter  Description
1  $file      File to read.

Example:

if (1) {
  my $s = '𝝰'x1e3;
  my $file = writeGZipFile(q(zzz.zip), $s);
  ok -e $file;
  my $S = 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗚𝗭𝗶𝗽𝗙𝗶𝗹𝗲($file);
  ok $s eq $S;
  ok length($s) == length($S);
  unlink $file;
 }

makePath($)

Make the path for the specified file name or folder.

   Parameter  Description
1  $file      File

Example:

my $d = fpd(my $D = temporaryDirectory, qw(a));

my $f = fpe($d, qw(bbb txt));

ok !-d $d;

𝗺𝗮𝗸𝗲𝗣𝗮𝘁𝗵($f);

ok -d $d;

overWriteFile($$)

Write a unicode utf8 string to a file after creating a path to the file if necessary and return the name of the file on success else confess. If the file already exists it is overwritten.

   Parameter  Description
1  $file      File to write to or B<undef> for a temporary file
2  $string    Unicode string to write

Example:

my $f = dumpFile(undef, [qw(aaa bbb ccc)]);

ok 𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗪𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗲𝗙𝗶𝗹𝗲($f, q({qw(aaa bbb ccc)]));

owf is a synonym for overWriteFile.

writeFile($$)

Write a unicode utf8 string to a new file that does not already exist after creating a path to the file if necessary and return the name of the file on success else confess if a problem occurred or the file does already exist.

   Parameter  Description
1  $file      New file to write to or B<undef> for a temporary file
2  $string    String to write

Example:

my $f = 𝘄𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗲𝗙𝗶𝗹𝗲(undef, "aaa");

my $s = readFile($f);

ok $s eq "aaa";

appendFile($f, "bbb");

my $S = readFile($f);

ok $S eq "aaabbb";

dumpFile($$)

Dump a data structure to a file

   Parameter  Description
1  $file      File to write to or B<undef> for a temporary file
2  $struct    Address of data structure to write

Example:

my $f = 𝗱𝘂𝗺𝗽𝗙𝗶𝗹𝗲(undef, [qw(aaa bbb ccc)]);

my $s = evalFile($f);

is_deeply $s, [qw(aaa bbb ccc)];

writeGZipFile($$)

Write a unicode utf8 string through gzip to a file.

   Parameter  Description
1  $file      File to write to
2  $string    String to write

Example:

if (1) {
  my $s = '𝝰'x1e3;
  my $file = 𝘄𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗲𝗚𝗭𝗶𝗽𝗙𝗶𝗹𝗲(q(zzz.zip), $s);
  ok -e $file;
  my $S = readGZipFile($file);
  ok $s eq $S;
  ok length($s) == length($S);
  unlink $file;
 }

dumpGZipFile($$)

Write a data structure through gzip to a file.

   Parameter  Description
1  $file      File to write
2  $data      Reference to data

Example:

if (1) {
  my $d = [1, 2, 3=>{a=>4, b=>5}];
  my $file = 𝗱𝘂𝗺𝗽𝗚𝗭𝗶𝗽𝗙𝗶𝗹𝗲(q(zzz.zip), $d);
  ok -e $file;
  my $D = evalGZipFile($file);
  is_deeply $d, $D;
  unlink $file;
 }

writeFiles($$)

Write the values of a hash into files identified by the key of each value using overWriteFile

   Parameter  Description
1  $hash      Hash of key value pairs representing files and data
2  $folder    Optional folder to contain files else the current folder

Example:

my $h =

 {"aaa/1.txt"=>"1111",

  "aaa/2.txt"=>"2222",

 };

𝘄𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗲𝗙𝗶𝗹𝗲𝘀($h);

for(sort keys %$h)

 {ok -e $_;

  ok readFile($_) eq $h->{$_};

 }

appendFile($$)

Append a unicode utf8 string to a file, possibly creating the file and the path to the file if necessary and return the name of the file on success else confess.

   Parameter  Description
1  $file      File to append to
2  $string    String to append

Example:

my $f = writeFile(undef, "aaa");

my $s = readFile($f);

ok $s eq "aaa";

𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗙𝗶𝗹𝗲($f, "bbb");

my $S = readFile($f);

ok $S eq "aaabbb";

writeBinaryFile($$)

Write a non unicode string to a file in after creating a path to the file if necessary and return the name of the file on success else confess.

   Parameter  Description
1  $file      File to write to or B<undef> for a temporary file
2  $string    Non unicode string to write

Example:

my $f = 𝘄𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗲𝗕𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗿𝘆𝗙𝗶𝗹𝗲(undef, 0xff x 8);

my $s = readBinaryFile($f);

ok $s eq 0xff x 8;

createEmptyFile($)

Create an empty file - writeFile complains if no data is written to the file - and return the name of the file on success else confess.

   Parameter  Description
1  $file      File to create or B<undef> for a temporary file

Example:

my $D = temporaryFolder;

my $d = fpd($D, q(ddd));

my @f = map {𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗘𝗺𝗽𝘁𝘆𝗙𝗶𝗹𝗲(fpe($d, $_, qw(txt)))} qw(a b c);

is_deeply [sort map {fne $_} findFiles($d, qr(txt\Z))], [qw(a.txt b.txt c.txt)];

numberOfLinesInFile($)

The number of lines in a file

   Parameter  Description
1  $file      File

Example:

my $f = writeFile(undef, "a
b
");

ok 𝗻𝘂𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿𝗢𝗳𝗟𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀𝗜𝗻𝗙𝗶𝗹𝗲($f) == 2;

Images

Image operations.

imageSize($)

Return (width, height) of an image obtained via Imagemagick.

   Parameter  Description
1  $image     File containing image

Example:

my ($width, $height) = 𝗶𝗺𝗮𝗴𝗲𝗦𝗶𝘇𝗲(fpe(qw(a image jpg)));

convertImageToJpx($$$)

Convert an image to jpx format using Imagemagick.

   Parameter  Description
1  $source    Source file
2  $target    Target folder (as multiple files will be created)
3  $Size      Optional size of each tile - defaults to 256

Example:

𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘁𝗜𝗺𝗮𝗴𝗲𝗧𝗼𝗝𝗽𝘅(fpe(qw(a image jpg)), fpe(qw(a image jpg)), 256);

convertDocxToFodt($$)

Convert a docx file to fodt using unoconv which must not be running elsewhere at the time. Unoconv can be installed via:

sudo apt install sharutils unoconv

Parameters:

   Parameter    Description
1  $inputFile   Input file
2  $outputFile  Output file

Example:

𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘁𝗗𝗼𝗰𝘅𝗧𝗼𝗙𝗼𝗱𝘁(fpe(qw(a docx)), fpe(qw(a fodt)));

cutOutImagesInFodtFile($$$)

Cut out the images embedded in a fodt file, perhaps produced via convertDocxToFodt, placing them in the specified folder and replacing them in the source file with:

<image href="$imageFile" outputclass="imageType">.

This conversion requires that you have both Imagemagick and unoconv installed on your system:

sudo apt install sharutils  imagemagick unoconv

Parameters:

   Parameter      Description
1  $inputFile     Input file
2  $outputFolder  Output folder for images
3  $imagePrefix   A prefix to be added to image file names

Example:

𝗰𝘂𝘁𝗢𝘂𝘁𝗜𝗺𝗮𝗴𝗲𝘀𝗜𝗻𝗙𝗼𝗱𝘁𝗙𝗶𝗹𝗲(fpe(qw(source fodt)), fpd(qw(images)), q(image));

Encoding and Decoding

Encode and decode using Json and Mime.

encodeJson($)

Encode Perl to Json.

   Parameter  Description
1  $string    Data to encode

Example:

my $A = 𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗼𝗱𝗲𝗝𝘀𝗼𝗻(my $a = {a=>1,b=>2, c=>[1..2]});

my $b = decodeJson($A);

is_deeply $a, $b;

decodeJson($)

Decode Perl from Json.

   Parameter  Description
1  $string    Data to decode

Example:

my $A = encodeJson(my $a = {a=>1,b=>2, c=>[1..2]});

my $b = 𝗱𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗱𝗲𝗝𝘀𝗼𝗻($A);

is_deeply $a, $b;

encodeBase64($)

Encode a string in base 64.

   Parameter  Description
1  $string    String to encode

Example:

my $A = 𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗼𝗱𝗲𝗕𝗮𝘀𝗲𝟲𝟰(my $a = "Hello World" x 10);

my $b = decodeBase64($A);

ok $a eq $b;

decodeBase64($)

Decode a string in base 64.

   Parameter  Description
1  $string    String to decode

Example:

my $A = encodeBase64(my $a = "Hello World" x 10);

my $b = 𝗱𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗱𝗲𝗕𝗮𝘀𝗲𝟲𝟰($A);

ok $a eq $b;

convertUnicodeToXml($)

Convert a string with unicode points that are not directly representable in ascii into string that replaces these points with their representation on Xml making the string usable in Xml documents.

   Parameter  Description
1  $s         String to convert

Example:

ok 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘁𝗨𝗻𝗶𝗰𝗼𝗱𝗲𝗧𝗼𝗫𝗺𝗹('setenta e três') eq q(setenta e tr&#234;s);

Numbers

Numeric operations,

powerOfTwo($)

Test whether a number is a power of two, return the power if it is else undef.

   Parameter  Description
1  $n         Number to check

Example:

ok  𝗽𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗿𝗢𝗳𝗧𝘄𝗼(1) == 0;

ok  𝗽𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗿𝗢𝗳𝗧𝘄𝗼(2) == 1;

ok !𝗽𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗿𝗢𝗳𝗧𝘄𝗼(3);

ok  𝗽𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗿𝗢𝗳𝗧𝘄𝗼(4) == 2;

containingPowerOfTwo($)

Find log two of the lowest power of two greater than or equal to a number.

   Parameter  Description
1  $n         Number to check

Example:

ok  𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴𝗣𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗿𝗢𝗳𝗧𝘄𝗼(1) == 0;

ok  𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴𝗣𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗿𝗢𝗳𝗧𝘄𝗼(2) == 1;

ok  𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴𝗣𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗿𝗢𝗳𝗧𝘄𝗼(3) == 2;

ok  𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴𝗣𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗿𝗢𝗳𝗧𝘄𝗼(4) == 2;

Sets

Set operations.

setIntersectionOfTwoArraysOfWords($$)

Intersection of two arrays of words.

   Parameter  Description
1  $a         Reference to first array of words
2  $b         Reference to second array of words

Example:

is_deeply [qw(a b c)],

  [𝘀𝗲𝘁𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗢𝗳𝗧𝘄𝗼𝗔𝗿𝗿𝗮𝘆𝘀𝗢𝗳𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗱𝘀([qw(e f g a b c )], [qw(a A b B c C)])];

setUnionOfTwoArraysOfWords($$)

Union of two arrays of words.

   Parameter  Description
1  $a         Reference to first array of words
2  $b         Reference to second array of words

Example:

is_deeply [qw(a b c)],

  [𝘀𝗲𝘁𝗨𝗻𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗢𝗳𝗧𝘄𝗼𝗔𝗿𝗿𝗮𝘆𝘀𝗢𝗳𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗱𝘀([qw(a b c )], [qw(a b)])];

contains($@)

Returns the indices at which an item matches elements of the specified array. If the item is a regular expression then it is matched as one, else it is a number it is matched as a number, else as a string.

   Parameter  Description
1  $item      Item
2  @array     Array

Example:

is_deeply [1],       [𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗶𝗻𝘀(1,0..1)];

is_deeply [1,3],     [𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗶𝗻𝘀(1, qw(0 1 0 1 0 0))];

is_deeply [0, 5],    [𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗶𝗻𝘀('a', qw(a b c d e a b c d e))];

is_deeply [0, 1, 5], [𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗶𝗻𝘀(qr(a+), qw(a baa c d e aa b c d e))];

Minima and Maxima

Find the smallest and largest elements of arrays.

min(@)

Find the minimum number in a list.

   Parameter  Description
1  @n         Numbers

Example:

ok 𝗺𝗶𝗻(1) == 1;

ok 𝗺𝗶𝗻(5,4,2,3) == 2;

max(@)

Find the maximum number in a list.

   Parameter  Description
1  @n         Numbers

Example:

ok !𝗺𝗮𝘅;

ok 𝗺𝗮𝘅(1) == 1;

ok 𝗺𝗮𝘅(1,4,2,3) == 4;

Format

Format data structures as tables.

maximumLineLength($)

Find the longest line in a string

   Parameter  Description
1  $string    String of lines of text

Example:

ok 3 == 𝗺𝗮𝘅𝗶𝗺𝘂𝗺𝗟𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗟𝗲𝗻𝗴𝘁𝗵(<<END);
a
bb
ccc
END

formatTableBasic($)

Tabularize an array of arrays of text.

   Parameter  Description
1  $data      Reference to an array of arrays of data to be formatted as a table.

Example:

  my $d = [[qw(a 1)], [qw(bb 22)], [qw(ccc 333)], [qw(dddd 4444)]];

  ok 𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗧𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲𝗕𝗮𝘀𝗶𝗰($d) eq <<END;
a        1
bb      22
ccc    333
dddd  4444
END

formatTable($$%)

Format various data structures as a table. Optionally create a report from the table using the following optional report options:

file=>$file the name of a file to write the report to.

head=>$head a header line in which DDDD will be replaced with the data and time and NNNN will be replaced with the number of rows in the table.

zero=>$zero if true the report will be written to the specified file even if empty.

Parameters:

   Parameter  Description
1  $data      Data to be formatted
2  $title     Optional reference to an array of titles
3  %options   Options

Example:

ok 𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗧𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲

 ([[qw(A    B    C    D   )],

   [qw(AA   BB   CC   DD  )],

   [qw(AAA  BBB  CCC  DDD )],

   [qw(AAAA BBBB CCCC DDDD)],

   [qw(1    22   333  4444)]], [qw(aa bb cc)]) eq <<END;
   aa    bb    cc
1  A     B     C     D
2  AA    BB    CC    DD
3  AAA   BBB   CCC   DDD
4  AAAA  BBBB  CCCC  DDDD
5     1    22   333  4444
END

ok 𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗧𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲

 ([[qw(1     B   C)],

   [qw(22    BB  CC)],

   [qw(333   BBB CCC)],

   [qw(4444  22  333)]], [qw(aa bb cc)]) eq <<END;
   aa    bb   cc
1     1  B    C
2    22  BB   CC
3   333  BBB  CCC
4  4444   22  333
END

ok 𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗧𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲

 ([{aa=>'A',   bb=>'B',   cc=>'C'},

   {aa=>'AA',  bb=>'BB',  cc=>'CC'},

   {aa=>'AAA', bb=>'BBB', cc=>'CCC'},

   {aa=>'1',   bb=>'22',  cc=>'333'}

   ]) eq <<END;
   aa   bb   cc
1  A    B    C
2  AA   BB   CC
3  AAA  BBB  CCC
4    1   22  333
END

ok 𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗧𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲

 ({''=>[qw(aa bb cc)],

    1=>[qw(A B C)],

    22=>[qw(AA BB CC)],

    333=>[qw(AAA BBB CCC)],

    4444=>[qw(1 22 333)]}) eq <<END;
      aa   bb   cc
   1  A    B    C
  22  AA   BB   CC
 333  AAA  BBB  CCC
4444    1   22  333
END

ok 𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗧𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲

 ({1=>{aa=>'A', bb=>'B', cc=>'C'},

   22=>{aa=>'AA', bb=>'BB', cc=>'CC'},

   333=>{aa=>'AAA', bb=>'BBB', cc=>'CCC'},

   4444=>{aa=>'1', bb=>'22', cc=>'333'}}) eq <<END;
      aa   bb   cc
   1  A    B    C
  22  AA   BB   CC
 333  AAA  BBB  CCC
4444    1   22  333
END

ok 𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗧𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲({aa=>'A', bb=>'B', cc=>'C'}, [qw(aaaa bbbb)]) eq <<END;
aaaa  bbbb
aa    A
bb    B
cc    C
END

if (1) {
  my $file = fpe(qw(report txt));                                               # Create a report
  my $t = 𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗧𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲
   ([["a",undef], [undef, "b0ac"]],                                           # Data - please replace 0a with a new line
    [undef, "BC"],                                                              # Column titles
    file=>$file,                                                                # Output file
    head=><<END);                                                               # Header
Sample report.

Table has NNNN rows.
END
  ok -e $file;
  ok readFile($file) eq $t;
  unlink $file;
  ok $t eq <<END;
Sample report.

Table has 2 rows.


This file: report.txt

      BC
1  a
2     b
      c
END
 }

keyCount($$)

Count keys down to the specified level.

   Parameter  Description
1  $maxDepth  Maximum depth to count to
2  $ref       Reference to an array or a hash

Example:

my $a = [[1..3],       {map{$_=>1} 1..3}];

my $h = {a=>[1..3], b=>{map{$_=>1} 1..3}};

ok 𝗸𝗲𝘆𝗖𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁(2, $a) == 6;

ok 𝗸𝗲𝘆𝗖𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁(2, $h) == 6;

Lines

Load data structures from lines.

loadArrayFromLines($)

Load an array from lines of text in a string.

   Parameter  Description
1  $string    The string of lines from which to create an array

Example:

  my $s = 𝗹𝗼𝗮𝗱𝗔𝗿𝗿𝗮𝘆𝗙𝗿𝗼𝗺𝗟𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀 <<END;
a a
b b
END

  is_deeply $s, [q(a a), q(b b)];

  ok formatTable($s) eq <<END;
0  a a
1  b b
END

loadHashFromLines($)

Load a hash: first word of each line is the key and the rest is the value.

   Parameter  Description
1  $string    The string of lines from which to create a hash

Example:

  my $s = 𝗹𝗼𝗮𝗱𝗛𝗮𝘀𝗵𝗙𝗿𝗼𝗺𝗟𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀 <<END;
a 10 11 12
b 20 21 22
END

  is_deeply $s, {a => q(10 11 12), b =>q(20 21 22)};

  ok formatTable($s) eq <<END;
a  10 11 12
b  20 21 22
END

loadArrayArrayFromLines($)

Load an array of arrays from lines of text: each line is an array of words.

   Parameter  Description
1  $string    The string of lines from which to create an array of arrays

Example:

  my $s = 𝗹𝗼𝗮𝗱𝗔𝗿𝗿𝗮𝘆𝗔𝗿𝗿𝗮𝘆𝗙𝗿𝗼𝗺𝗟𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀 <<END;
A B C
AA BB CC
END

  is_deeply $s, [[qw(A B C)], [qw(AA BB CC)]];

  ok formatTable($s) eq <<END;
1  A   B   C
2  AA  BB  CC
END

loadHashArrayFromLines($)

Load a hash of arrays from lines of text: the first word of each line is the key, the remaining words are the array contents.

   Parameter  Description
1  $string    The string of lines from which to create a hash of arrays

Example:

  my $s = 𝗹𝗼𝗮𝗱𝗛𝗮𝘀𝗵𝗔𝗿𝗿𝗮𝘆𝗙𝗿𝗼𝗺𝗟𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀 <<END;
a A B C
b AA BB CC
END

  is_deeply $s, {a =>[qw(A B C)], b => [qw(AA BB CC)] };

  ok formatTable($s) eq <<END;
a  A   B   C
b  AA  BB  CC
END

loadArrayHashFromLines($)

Load an array of hashes from lines of text: each line is an hash of words.

   Parameter  Description
1  $string    The string of lines from which to create an array of arrays

Example:

  my $s = 𝗹𝗼𝗮𝗱𝗔𝗿𝗿𝗮𝘆𝗛𝗮𝘀𝗵𝗙𝗿𝗼𝗺𝗟𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀 <<END;
A 1 B 2
AA 11 BB 22
END

  is_deeply $s, [{A=>1, B=>2}, {AA=>11, BB=>22}];

  ok formatTable($s) eq <<END;
   A  AA  B  BB
1  1      2
2     11     22
END

loadHashHashFromLines($)

Load a hash of hashes from lines of text: the first word of each line is the key, the remaining words are the sub hash contents.

   Parameter  Description
1  $string    The string of lines from which to create a hash of arrays

Example:

  my $s = 𝗹𝗼𝗮𝗱𝗛𝗮𝘀𝗵𝗛𝗮𝘀𝗵𝗙𝗿𝗼𝗺𝗟𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀 <<END;
a A 1 B 2
b AA 11 BB 22
END

  is_deeply $s, {a=>{A=>1, B=>2}, b=>{AA=>11, BB=>22}};

  ok formatTable($s) eq <<END;
   A  AA  B  BB
a  1      2
b     11     22
END

checkKeys($$)

Check the keys in a hash.

   Parameter   Description
1  $test       The hash to test
2  $permitted  A hash of the permitted keys and their meanings

Example:

eval q{𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗰𝗸𝗞𝗲𝘆𝘀({a=>1, b=>2, d=>3}, {a=>1, b=>2, c=>3})};

ok nws($@) =~ m(\AInvalid options chosen: d Permitted.+?: a 1 b 2 c 3);

LVALUE methods

Replace $a->{value} = $b with $a->value = $b which reduces the amount of typing required, is easier to read and provides a hard check that {value} is spelled correctly.

genLValueScalarMethods(@)

Generate lvalue scalar methods in the current package, A method whose value has not yet been set will return a new scalar with value undef. Suffixing X to the scalar name will confess if a value has not been set.

   Parameter  Description
1  @names     List of method names

Example:

package Scalars;

my $a = bless{};

Data::Table::Text::𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗟𝗩𝗮𝗹𝘂𝗲𝗦𝗰𝗮𝗹𝗮𝗿𝗠𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗼𝗱𝘀(qw(aa bb cc));

$a->aa = 'aa';

Test::More::ok  $a->aa eq 'aa';

Test::More::ok !$a->bb;

Test::More::ok  $a->bbX eq q();

$a->aa = undef;

Test::More::ok !$a->aa;

addLValueScalarMethods(@)

Generate lvalue scalar methods in the current package if they do not already exist. A method whose value has not yet been set will return a new scalar with value undef. Suffixing X to the scalar name will confess if a value has not been set.

   Parameter  Description
1  @names     List of method names

Example:

my $class = "Data::Table::Text::Test";

my $a = bless{}, $class;

𝗮𝗱𝗱𝗟𝗩𝗮𝗹𝘂𝗲𝗦𝗰𝗮𝗹𝗮𝗿𝗠𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗼𝗱𝘀(qq(${class}::$_)) for qw(aa bb aa bb);

$a->aa = 'aa';

ok  $a->aa eq 'aa';

ok !$a->bb;

ok  $a->bbX eq q();

$a->aa = undef;

ok !$a->aa;

genLValueScalarMethodsWithDefaultValues(@)

Generate lvalue scalar methods with default values in the current package. A reference to a method whose value has not yet been set will return a scalar whose value is the name of the method.

   Parameter  Description
1  @names     List of method names

Example:

package ScalarsWithDefaults;

my $a = bless{};

Data::Table::Text::𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗟𝗩𝗮𝗹𝘂𝗲𝗦𝗰𝗮𝗹𝗮𝗿𝗠𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗼𝗱𝘀𝗪𝗶𝘁𝗵𝗗𝗲𝗳𝗮𝘂𝗹𝘁𝗩𝗮𝗹𝘂𝗲𝘀(qw(aa bb cc));

Test::More::ok $a->aa eq 'aa';

genLValueArrayMethods(@)

Generate lvalue array methods in the current package. A reference to a method that has no yet been set will return a reference to an empty array.

   Parameter  Description
1  @names     List of method names

Example:

package Arrays;

my $a = bless{};

Data::Table::Text::𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗟𝗩𝗮𝗹𝘂𝗲𝗔𝗿𝗿𝗮𝘆𝗠𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗼𝗱𝘀(qw(aa bb cc));

$a->aa->[1] = 'aa';

Test::More::ok $a->aa->[1] eq 'aa';

genLValueHashMethods(@)

Generate lvalue hash methods in the current package. A reference to a method that has no yet been set will return a reference to an empty hash.

   Parameter  Description
1  @names     Method names

Example:

package Hashes;

my $a = bless{};

Data::Table::Text::𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗟𝗩𝗮𝗹𝘂𝗲𝗛𝗮𝘀𝗵𝗠𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗼𝗱𝘀(qw(aa bb cc));

$a->aa->{a} = 'aa';

Test::More::ok $a->aa->{a} eq 'aa';

genHash($%)

Return a $blessed hash with the specified $attributes. updateDocumentation will generate documentation at "Hash Definitions" for the hash defined by the call to genHash if the call is laid out as in the example below.

   Parameter    Description
1  $bless       Package name
2  %attributes  Hash of attribute names and values

Example:

if (1) {
  my $o = 𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗛𝗮𝘀𝗵(q(TestHash),                                                  # Definition of a blessed hash.
      a=>q(aa),                                                                 # Definition of attribute aa.
      b=>q(bb),                                                                 # Definition of attribute bb.
     );
  ok $o->a eq q(aa);
  is_deeply $o, {a=>"aa", b=>"bb"};
  my $p = 𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗛𝗮𝘀𝗵(q(TestHash),
    c=>q(cc),                                                                   # Definition of attribute cc.
   );
  ok $p->c eq q(cc);
  ok $p->a =  q(aa);
  ok $p->a eq q(aa);
  is_deeply $p, {a=>"aa", c=>"cc"};

  loadHash($p, a=>11, b=>22);                                                   # Load the hash
  is_deeply $p, {a=>11, b=>22, c=>"cc"};

  my $r = eval {loadHash($p, d=>44)};                                           # Try to load the hash
  ok $@ =~ m(Cannot load attribute: d);
 }

loadHash($%)

Load the specified $hash generated with genHash with %attributes. Confess to any unknown attribute names.

   Parameter    Description
1  $hash        Hash
2  %attributes  Hash of attribute names and values to be loaded

Example:

if (1) {
  my $o = genHash(q(TestHash),                                                  # Definition of a blessed hash.
      a=>q(aa),                                                                 # Definition of attribute aa.
      b=>q(bb),                                                                 # Definition of attribute bb.
     );
  ok $o->a eq q(aa);
  is_deeply $o, {a=>"aa", b=>"bb"};
  my $p = genHash(q(TestHash),
    c=>q(cc),                                                                   # Definition of attribute cc.
   );
  ok $p->c eq q(cc);
  ok $p->a =  q(aa);
  ok $p->a eq q(aa);
  is_deeply $p, {a=>"aa", c=>"cc"};

  𝗹𝗼𝗮𝗱𝗛𝗮𝘀𝗵($p, a=>11, b=>22);                                                   # Load the hash
  is_deeply $p, {a=>11, b=>22, c=>"cc"};

  my $r = eval {𝗹𝗼𝗮𝗱𝗛𝗮𝘀𝗵($p, d=>44)};                                           # Try to load the hash
  ok $@ =~ m(Cannot load attribute: d);
 }

assertPackageRefs($@)

Confirm that the specified references are to the specified package

   Parameter  Description
1  $package   Package
2  @refs      References

Example:

if (1) {
  eval q{𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗲𝗿𝘁𝗣𝗮𝗰𝗸𝗮𝗴𝗲𝗥𝗲𝗳𝘀(q(bbb), bless {}, q(aaa))};
  ok $@ =~ m(\AWanted reference to bbb, but got aaa);
 }

assertRef(@)

Confirm that the specified references are to the package into which this routine has been exported.

   Parameter  Description
1  @refs      References

Example:

if (1) {
  eval q{𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗲𝗿𝘁𝗥𝗲𝗳(bless {}, q(aaa))};
  ok $@ =~ m(\AWanted reference to Data::Table::Text, but got aaa);
 }

ˢ(&)

Immediately executed inline sub to allow a code block before if.

   Parameter  Description
1  $sub       Sub enclosed in {} without the word "sub"

Example:

ok ˢ{1} == 1;

ok ˢ{1};

ˢ{my $s =
  ˢ{if (1)
     {return q(aa) if 1;
      q(bb);
     }
   };

  ok $s eq q(aa);
 };

arrayToHash(@)

Create a hash from an array

   Parameter  Description
1  @array     Array

Example:

is_deeply 𝗮𝗿𝗿𝗮𝘆𝗧𝗼𝗛𝗮𝘀𝗵(qw(a b c)), {a=>1, b=>1, c=>1};

Strings

Actions on strings.

indentString($$)

Indent lines contained in a string or formatted table by the specified string.

   Parameter  Description
1  $string    The string of lines to indent
2  $indent    The indenting string

Example:

  my $t = [qw(aa bb cc)];

  my $d = [[qw(A B C)], [qw(AA BB CC)], [qw(AAA BBB CCC)],  [qw(1 22 333)]];

  ok $s eq <<END;
  1  A    B    C
  2  AA   BB   CC
  3  AAA  BBB  CCC
  4    1   22  333
END

isBlank($)

Test whether a string is blank.

   Parameter  Description
1  $string    String

Example:

 ok 𝗶𝘀𝗕𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗸("");

 ok 𝗶𝘀𝗕𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗸("
");

trim($)

Remove any white space from the front and end of a string.

   Parameter  Description
1  $string    String

Example:

ok 𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗺(" a b ") eq join ' ', qw(a b);

pad($$$)

Pad a string with blanks or the specified padding character to a multiple of a specified length.

   Parameter  Description
1  $string    String
2  $length    Tab width
3  $pad       Padding char

Example:

ok  𝗽𝗮𝗱('abc  ', 2).'='       eq "abc =";

ok  𝗽𝗮𝗱('abc  ', 3).'='       eq "abc=";

ok  𝗽𝗮𝗱('abc  ', 4, q(.)).'=' eq "abc.=";

firstNChars($$)

First N characters of a string.

   Parameter  Description
1  $string    String
2  $length    Length

Example:

ok 𝗳𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁𝗡𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗿𝘀(q(abc), 2) eq q(ab);

ok 𝗳𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁𝗡𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗿𝘀(q(abc), 4) eq q(abc);

nws($$)

Normalize white space in a string to make comparisons easier. Leading and trailing white space is removed; blocks of white space in the interior are reduced to a single space. In effect: this puts everything on one long line with never more than one space at a time. Optionally a maximum length is applied to the normalized string.

   Parameter  Description
1  $string    String to normalize
2  $length    Maximum length of result

Example:

ok 𝗻𝘄𝘀(qq(a  b    c)) eq q(a b c);

stringsAreNotEqual($$)

Return the common start followwe by the two non equal tails of two non equal strings or an empty list if the strings are equal.

   Parameter  Description
1  $a         First string
2  $b         Second string

Example:

if (1) {
  ok        !𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀𝗔𝗿𝗲𝗡𝗼𝘁𝗘𝗾𝘂𝗮𝗹(q(abc), q(abc));
  ok         𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀𝗔𝗿𝗲𝗡𝗼𝘁𝗘𝗾𝘂𝗮𝗹(q(abc), q(abd));
  is_deeply [𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀𝗔𝗿𝗲𝗡𝗼𝘁𝗘𝗾𝘂𝗮𝗹(q(abc), q(abd))], [qw(ab c d)];
  is_deeply [𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀𝗔𝗿𝗲𝗡𝗼𝘁𝗘𝗾𝘂𝗮𝗹(q(ab),  q(abd))], [q(ab), '', q(d)];
 }

javaPackage($)

Extract the package name from a java string or file.

   Parameter  Description
1  $java      Java file if it exists else the string of java

Example:

  overWriteFile($f, <<END);
// Test
package com.xyz;
END

  ok 𝗷𝗮𝘃𝗮𝗣𝗮𝗰𝗸𝗮𝗴𝗲($f)           eq "com.xyz";

javaPackageAsFileName($)

Extract the package name from a java string or file and convert it to a file name.

   Parameter  Description
1  $java      Java file if it exists else the string of java

Example:

  overWriteFile($f, <<END);
// Test
package com.xyz;
END

  ok 𝗷𝗮𝘃𝗮𝗣𝗮𝗰𝗸𝗮𝗴𝗲𝗔𝘀𝗙𝗶𝗹𝗲𝗡𝗮𝗺𝗲($f) eq "com/xyz";

perlPackage($)

Extract the package name from a perl string or file.

   Parameter  Description
1  $perl      Perl file if it exists else the string of perl

Example:

  overWriteFile($f, <<END);
package a::b;
END

  ok 𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗹𝗣𝗮𝗰𝗸𝗮𝗴𝗲($f)           eq "a::b";

printQw(@)

Print an array of words in qw() format.

   Parameter  Description
1  @words     Array of words

Example:

ok 𝗽𝗿𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗤𝘄(qw(a b c)) eq q(qw(a b c));

numberOfLinesInString($)

The number of lines in a string.

   Parameter  Description
1  $string    String

Example:

ok 𝗻𝘂𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿𝗢𝗳𝗟𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀𝗜𝗻𝗦𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴("a
b
") == 2;

Unicode

Translate ascii alphanumerics in strings to various Unicode blocks.

boldString($)

Convert alphanumerics in a string to bold.

   Parameter  Description
1  $string    String to convert

Example:

ok 𝗯𝗼𝗹𝗱𝗦𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴(q(zZ)) eq q(𝘇𝗭);

boldStringUndo($)

Undo alphanumerics in a string to bold.

   Parameter  Description
1  $string    String to convert

Example:

if (1)
 {my $n = 1234567890;
  ok 𝗯𝗼𝗹𝗱𝗦𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴𝗨𝗻𝗱𝗼            (boldString($n))             == $n;
  ok enclosedStringUndo        (enclosedString($n))         == $n;
  ok enclosedReversedStringUndo(enclosedReversedString($n)) == $n;
  ok superScriptStringUndo     (superScriptString($n))      == $n;
  ok subScriptStringUndo       (subScriptString($n))        == $n;
 }

enclosedString($)

Convert alphanumerics in a string to enclosed alphanumerics.

   Parameter  Description
1  $string    String to convert

Example:

ok 𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗹𝗼𝘀𝗲𝗱𝗦𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴(q(hello world 1234)) eq q(ⓗⓔⓛⓛⓞ ⓦⓞⓡⓛⓓ ①②③④);

enclosedStringUndo($)

Undo alphanumerics in a string to enclosed alphanumerics.

   Parameter  Description
1  $string    String to convert

Example:

if (1)
 {my $n = 1234567890;
  ok boldStringUndo            (boldString($n))             == $n;
  ok 𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗹𝗼𝘀𝗲𝗱𝗦𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴𝗨𝗻𝗱𝗼        (enclosedString($n))         == $n;
  ok enclosedReversedStringUndo(enclosedReversedString($n)) == $n;
  ok superScriptStringUndo     (superScriptString($n))      == $n;
  ok subScriptStringUndo       (subScriptString($n))        == $n;
 }

enclosedReversedString($)

Convert alphanumerics in a string to enclosed reversed alphanumerics.

   Parameter  Description
1  $string    String to convert

Example:

ok 𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗹𝗼𝘀𝗲𝗱𝗥𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗲𝗱𝗦𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴(q(hello world 1234)) eq q(🅗🅔🅛🅛🅞 🅦🅞🅡🅛🅓 ➊➋➌➍);

enclosedReversedStringUndo($)

Undo alphanumerics in a string to enclosed reversed alphanumerics.

   Parameter  Description
1  $string    String to convert

Example:

if (1)
 {my $n = 1234567890;
  ok boldStringUndo            (boldString($n))             == $n;
  ok enclosedStringUndo        (enclosedString($n))         == $n;
  ok 𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗹𝗼𝘀𝗲𝗱𝗥𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗲𝗱𝗦𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴𝗨𝗻𝗱𝗼(enclosedReversedString($n)) == $n;
  ok superScriptStringUndo     (superScriptString($n))      == $n;
  ok subScriptStringUndo       (subScriptString($n))        == $n;
 }

superScriptString($)

Convert alphanumerics in a string to super scripts

   Parameter  Description
1  $string    String to convert

Example:

ok 𝘀𝘂𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗦𝗰𝗿𝗶𝗽𝘁𝗦𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴(1234567890) eq q(¹²³⁴⁵⁶⁷⁸⁹⁰);

superScriptStringUndo($)

Undo alphanumerics in a string to super scripts

   Parameter  Description
1  $string    String to convert

Example:

if (1)
 {my $n = 1234567890;
  ok boldStringUndo            (boldString($n))             == $n;
  ok enclosedStringUndo        (enclosedString($n))         == $n;
  ok enclosedReversedStringUndo(enclosedReversedString($n)) == $n;
  ok 𝘀𝘂𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗦𝗰𝗿𝗶𝗽𝘁𝗦𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴𝗨𝗻𝗱𝗼     (superScriptString($n))      == $n;
  ok subScriptStringUndo       (subScriptString($n))        == $n;
 }

subScriptString($)

Convert alphanumerics in a string to sub scripts

   Parameter  Description
1  $string    String to convert

Example:

ok 𝘀𝘂𝗯𝗦𝗰𝗿𝗶𝗽𝘁𝗦𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴(1234567890)   eq q(₁₂₃₄₅₆₇₈₉₀);

subScriptStringUndo($)

Undo alphanumerics in a string to sub scripts

   Parameter  Description
1  $string    String to convert

Example:

if (1)
 {my $n = 1234567890;
  ok boldStringUndo            (boldString($n))             == $n;
  ok enclosedStringUndo        (enclosedString($n))         == $n;
  ok enclosedReversedStringUndo(enclosedReversedString($n)) == $n;
  ok superScriptStringUndo     (superScriptString($n))      == $n;
  ok 𝘀𝘂𝗯𝗦𝗰𝗿𝗶𝗽𝘁𝗦𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴𝗨𝗻𝗱𝗼       (subScriptString($n))        == $n;
 }

Cloud Cover

Useful for operating across the cloud.

makeDieConfess()

Force die to confess where the death occurred.

Example:

𝗺𝗮𝗸𝗲𝗗𝗶𝗲𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗳𝗲𝘀𝘀

ipAddressViaArp($)

Get the ip address of a server on the local network by hostname via arp

   Parameter  Description
1  $hostName  Host name

Example:

𝗶𝗽𝗔𝗱𝗱𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗩𝗶𝗮𝗔𝗿𝗽(q(secarias));

saveCodeToS3($$$$)

Save source code files.

   Parameter       Description
1  $saveCodeEvery  Save every seconds
2  $zipFileName    Zip file name
3  $bucket         Bucket/key
4  $S3Parms        Additional S3 parameters like profile or region as a string

Example:

𝘀𝗮𝘃𝗲𝗖𝗼𝗱𝗲𝗧𝗼𝗦𝟯(1200, q(projectName), q(bucket/folder), q(--only-show-errors));

addCertificate($)

Add a certificate to the current ssh session.

   Parameter  Description
1  $file      File containing certificate

Example:

𝗮𝗱𝗱𝗖𝗲𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗳𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗲(fpf(qw(.ssh cert)));

hostName()

The name of the host we are running on.

Example:

𝗵𝗼𝘀𝘁𝗡𝗮𝗺𝗲;

userId()

The userid we are currently running under.

Example:

𝘂𝘀𝗲𝗿𝗜𝗱;

wwwEncode($)

Replace spaces in a string with %20 .

   Parameter  Description
1  $string    String

Example:

ok 𝘄𝘄𝘄𝗘𝗻𝗰𝗼𝗱𝗲(q(a  b c)) eq q(a%20%20b%20c);

startProcess(&\%$)

Start new processes while the number of child processes recorded in %$pids is less than the specified $maximum. Use waitForAllStartedProcessesToFinish to wait for all these processes to finish.

   Parameter  Description
1  $sub       Sub to start
2  $pids      Hash in which to record the process ids
3  $maximum   Maximum number of processes to run at a time

Example:

if (0) {
  my %pids;
  ˢ{𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗰𝗲𝘀𝘀 {} %pids, 1; ok 1 >= keys %pids} for 1..8;
  waitForAllStartedProcessesToFinish(%pids);
  ok !keys(%pids)
 }

waitForAllStartedProcessesToFinish(\%)

Wait until all the processes started by startProcess have finished.

   Parameter  Description
1  $pids      Hash of started process ids

Example:

if (0) {
  my %pids;
  ˢ{startProcess {} %pids, 1; ok 1 >= keys %pids} for 1..8;
  𝘄𝗮𝗶𝘁𝗙𝗼𝗿𝗔𝗹𝗹𝗦𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗲𝗱𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗰𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗲𝘀𝗧𝗼𝗙𝗶𝗻𝗶𝘀𝗵(%pids);
  ok !keys(%pids)
 }

newProcessStarter($$)

Create a new process starter with which to start parallel processes up to a specified $maximumNumberOfProcesses maximum number of parallel processes at a time, wait for all the started processes to finish and then optionally retrieve their results from the folder named by $transferArea.

   Parameter                  Description
1  $maximumNumberOfProcesses  Maximum number of processes to start
2  $transferArea              Optional folder to be used to save results.

Example:

if (1)
 {my $N = 100;
  my $s = 𝗻𝗲𝘄𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗰𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗦𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗲𝗿(4, q(processes));
  for my $i(1..$N)
   {Data::Table::Text::Starter::start($s, sub{$i*$i});
   }
  is_deeply
   [sort {$a <=> $b} Data::Table::Text::Starter::finish($s)],
   [map {$_**2} 1..$N];
  clearFolder($s->transferArea, 1e2);
 }

Data::Table::Text::Starter::start($$)

Start a new process to run the specified $sub.

   Parameter  Description
1  $starter   Starter
2  $sub       Sub to be run.

Example:

if (1)
 {my $N = 100;
  my $s = newProcessStarter(4, q(processes));
  for my $i(1..$N)
   {𝗗𝗮𝘁𝗮::𝗧𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲::𝗧𝗲𝘅𝘁::𝗦𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗲𝗿::𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘁($s, sub{$i*$i});
   }
  is_deeply
   [sort {$a <=> $b} Data::Table::Text::Starter::finish($s)],
   [map {$_**2} 1..$N];
  clearFolder($s->transferArea, 1e2);
 }

Data::Table::Text::Starter::finish($)

Wait for all started processes to finish and return their consolidated results.

   Parameter  Description
1  $starter   Starter

Example:

if (1)
 {my $N = 100;
  my $s = newProcessStarter(4, q(processes));
  for my $i(1..$N)
   {Data::Table::Text::Starter::start($s, sub{$i*$i});
   }
  is_deeply
   [sort {$a <=> $b} 𝗗𝗮𝘁𝗮::𝗧𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲::𝗧𝗲𝘅𝘁::𝗦𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗲𝗿::𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗶𝘀𝗵($s)],
   [map {$_**2} 1..$N];
  clearFolder($s->transferArea, 1e2);
 }

newServiceIncarnation($$)

Create a new service incarnation to record the start up of a new instance of a service and return the description as a Data::Exchange::Service Definition hash.

   Parameter  Description
1  $service   Service name
2  $file      Optional details file

Example:

if (1)
 {my $s = 𝗻𝗲𝘄𝗦𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗶𝗰𝗲𝗜𝗻𝗰𝗮𝗿𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻("aaa", q(bbb.txt));
  is_deeply $s->check, $s;
  my $t = 𝗻𝗲𝘄𝗦𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗶𝗰𝗲𝗜𝗻𝗰𝗮𝗿𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻("aaa", q(bbb.txt));
  is_deeply $t->check, $t;
  ok $t->start >= $s->start+1;
  ok !$s->check(1);
  unlink q(bbb.txt);
 }

Data::Exchange::Service::check($$)

Check that we are the current incarnation of the named service with details obtained from newServiceIncarnation. If the optional $continue flag has been set then return the service details if this is the current service incarnation else undef. Otherwise if the $continue flag is false confess unless this is the current service incarnation thus bringing the earlier version of this service to an abrupt end.

   Parameter  Description
1  $s         Current service details
2  $continue  Return result if B<$continue> is true else confess if the service has been replaced

Example:

if (1)
 {my $s = newServiceIncarnation("aaa", q(bbb.txt));
  is_deeply $s->check, $s;
  my $t = newServiceIncarnation("aaa", q(bbb.txt));
  is_deeply $t->check, $t;
  ok $t->start >= $s->start+1;
  ok !$s->check(1);
  unlink q(bbb.txt);
 }

Documentation

Extract, format and update documentation for a perl module.

htmlToc($@)

Generate a table of contents for some html.

   Parameter  Description
1  $replace   Sub-string within the html to be replaced with the toc
2  $html      String of html

Example:

ok nws(𝗵𝘁𝗺𝗹𝗧𝗼𝗰("XXXX", <<END)), '𝗵𝘁𝗺𝗹𝗧𝗼𝗰'
<h1 id="1" otherprops="1">Chapter 1</h1>
  <h2 id="11" otherprops="11">Section 1</h1>
<h1 id="2" otherprops="2">Chapter 2</h1>
XXXX
END

  eq nws(<<END);
<h1 id="1" otherprops="1">Chapter 1</h1>
  <h2 id="11" otherprops="11">Section 1</h1>
<h1 id="2" otherprops="2">Chapter 2</h1>
<table cellspacing=10 border=0>
<tr><td>&nbsp;
<tr><td align=right>1<td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#1">Chapter 1</a>
<tr><td align=right>2<td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#11">Section 1</a>
<tr><td>&nbsp;
<tr><td align=right>3<td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#2">Chapter 2</a>
</table>
END

updateDocumentation($)

Update documentation from the comments in a perl script. Comments between the lines marked with:

#Dn title # description

and:

#D

where n is either 1, 2 or 3 indicating the heading level of the section and the # is in column 1.

Methods are formatted as:

sub name(signature)      #FLAGS comment describing method
 {my ($parameters) = @_; # comments for each parameter separated by commas.

FLAGS can be chosen from:

I

method of interest to new users

P

private method

r

optionally replaceable method

R

required replaceable method

S

static method

X

die rather than received a returned undef result

Other flags will be handed to the method extractDocumentationFlags(flags to process, method name) found in the file being documented, this method should return [the additional documentation for the method, the code to implement the flag].

Text following 'Example:' in the comment (if present) will be placed after the parameters list as an example. Lines containing comments consisting of '#T'.methodName will also be aggregated and displayed as examples for that method.

Lines formatted as:

BEGIN{*source=*target}

starting in column 1 will define a synonym for a method.

Lines formatted as:

#C emailAddress text

will be aggregated in the acknowledgments section at the end of the documentation.

The character sequence \n in the comment will be expanded to one new line, \m to two new lines and L<$_>,L<confess>,L<die>,L<eval>,L<lvalueMethod> to links to the perl documentation.

Search for '#D1': in https://metacpan.org/source/PRBRENAN/Data-Table-Text-20180810/lib/Data/Table/Text.pm to see more examples of such documentation in action - although it is quite difficult to see as it looks just like normal comments placed in the code.

Parameters:

   Parameter    Description
1  $perlModule  Optional file name with caller's file being the default

Example:

 {my $s = 𝘂𝗽𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗗𝗼𝗰𝘂𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻(<<'END' =~ s(#) (#)gsr =~ s(~) ()gsr);
package Sample::Module;

#D1 Samples                                                                      # Sample methods.

sub sample($@)                                                                  #R Documentation for the:  sample() method.  See also L<Data::Table::Text::sample2|/Data::Table::Text::sample2>. #Tsample
 {my ($node, @context) = @_;                                                    # Node, optional context
  1
 }

~BEGIN{*smpl=*sample}

sub Data::Table::Text::sample2(\&@)                                             #PS Documentation for the sample2() method.
 {my ($sub, @context) = @_;                                                     # Sub to call, context.
  1
 }

ok sample(undef, qw(a b c)) == 1;                                               #Tsample

if (1)                                                                          #Tsample
 {ok sample(q(a), qw(a b c))  == 2;
  ok sample(undef, qw(a b c)) == 1;
 }

ok sample(<<END2)) == 1;                                                        #Tsample
sample data
END2

  ok $s =~ m'=head2 sample28\$\@29';

Hash Definitions

Data::Exchange::Service Definition

Service details.

file - The file in which the service start details is being recorded.

service - The name of the service.

start - The time this service was started time plus a minor hack to simplify testing.

Data::Table::Text::Starter Definition

Process starter definition.

maximumNumberOfProcesses - The maximum number of processes to start in parallel at one time. If this limit is exceeded, the start of subsequent processes will be delayed until processes started earlier have finished.

transferArea - The name of the folder in which files transferring results from the child to the parent process will be stored.

TestHash Definition

Definition of a blessed hash.

a - Definition of attribute aa.

b - Definition of attribute bb.

Private Methods

denormalizeFolderName($)

Remove any trailing folder separator from a folder name component.

   Parameter  Description
1  $name      Name

renormalizeFolderName($)

Normalize a folder name component by adding a trailing separator.

   Parameter  Description
1  $name      Name

trackFiles($@)

Track the existence of files.

   Parameter  Description
1  $label     Label
2  @files     Files

printFullFileName()

Print a file name on a separate line with escaping so it can be used easily from the command line.

readUtf16File($)

Read a file containing unicode in utf-16 format.

   Parameter  Description
1  $file      Name of file to read

binModeAllUtf8()

Set STDOUT and STDERR to accept utf8 without complaint.

Example:

𝗯𝗶𝗻𝗠𝗼𝗱𝗲𝗔𝗹𝗹𝗨𝘁𝗳𝟴;

convertImageToJpx690($$$)

Convert an image to jpx format using versions of Imagemagick version 6.9.0 and above.

   Parameter  Description
1  $source    Source file
2  $target    Target folder (as multiple files will be created)
3  $Size      Optional size of each tile - defaults to 256

formatTableMultiLine($$)

Tabularize text that has new lines in it.

   Parameter   Description
1  $data       Reference to an array of arrays of data to be formatted as a table
2  $separator  Optional line separator to use instead of new line for each row.

formatTableAA($$)

Tabularize an array of arrays.

   Parameter  Description
1  $data      Data to be formatted
2  $title     Optional reference to an array of titles

formatTableHA($$)

Tabularize a hash of arrays.

   Parameter  Description
1  $data      Data to be formatted
2  $title     Optional titles

formatTableAH($)

Tabularize an array of hashes.

   Parameter  Description
1  $data      Data to be formatted

formatTableHH($)

Tabularize a hash of hashes.

   Parameter  Description
1  $data      Data to be formatted

formatTableA($$)

Tabularize an array.

   Parameter  Description
1  $data      Data to be formatted
2  $title     Optional title

formatTableH($$)

Tabularize a hash.

   Parameter  Description
1  $data      Data to be formatted
2  $title     Optional title

saveSourceToS3($$)

Save source code.

   Parameter               Description
1  $aws                    Aws target file and keywords
2  $saveIntervalInSeconds  Save internal

Data::Table::Text::Starter::waitOne($)

Wait for one process to finish and consolidate its results.

   Parameter  Description
1  $starter   Starter

extractTest($)

Remove example markers from test code.

   Parameter  Description
1  $string    String containing test line

docUserFlags($$$$)

Generate documentation for a method by calling the extractDocumentationFlags method in the package being documented, passing it the flags for a method and the name of the method. The called method should return the documentation to be inserted for the named method.

   Parameter    Description
1  $flags       Flags
2  $perlModule  File containing documentation
3  $package     Package containing documentation
4  $name        Name of method to be processed

updatePerlModuleDocumentation($)

Update the documentation in a perl file and show said documentation in a web browser.

   Parameter    Description
1  $perlModule  File containing the code of the perl module

Synonyms

fpd is a synonym for filePathDir - Create a directory name from an array of file name components.

fpe is a synonym for filePathExt - Create a file name from an array of file name components the last of which is an extension.

fpf is a synonym for filePath - Create a file name from an array of file name components.

owf is a synonym for overWriteFile - Write a unicode utf8 string to a file after creating a path to the file if necessary and return the name of the file on success else confess.

temporaryDirectory is a synonym for temporaryFolder - Create a temporary folder that will automatically be rmdired during END processing.

Index

1 absFromAbsPlusRel - Create an absolute file from an absolute file and a relative file.

2 addCertificate - Add a certificate to the current ssh session.

3 addLValueScalarMethods - Generate lvalue scalar methods in the current package if they do not already exist.

4 appendFile - Append a unicode utf8 string to a file, possibly creating the file and the path to the file if necessary and return the name of the file on success else confess.

5 arrayToHash - Create a hash from an array

6 assertPackageRefs - Confirm that the specified references are to the specified package

7 assertRef - Confirm that the specified references are to the package into which this routine has been exported.

8 binModeAllUtf8 - Set STDOUT and STDERR to accept utf8 without complaint.

9 boldString - Convert alphanumerics in a string to bold.

10 boldStringUndo - Undo alphanumerics in a string to bold.

11 call - Call the specified sub in a separate process, wait for it to complete, copy back the named our variables, free the memory used.

12 checkFile - Return the name of the specified file if it exists, else confess the maximum extent of the path that does exist.

13 checkKeys - Check the keys in a hash.

14 clearFolder - Remove all the files and folders under and including the specified folder as long as the number of files to be removed is less than the specified limit.

15 containingPowerOfTwo - Find log two of the lowest power of two greater than or equal to a number.

16 contains - Returns the indices at which an item matches elements of the specified array.

17 convertDocxToFodt - Convert a docx file to fodt using unoconv which must not be running elsewhere at the time.

18 convertImageToJpx - Convert an image to jpx format using Imagemagick.

19 convertImageToJpx690 - Convert an image to jpx format using versions of Imagemagick version 6.

20 convertUnicodeToXml - Convert a string with unicode points that are not directly representable in ascii into string that replaces these points with their representation on Xml making the string usable in Xml documents.

21 createEmptyFile - Create an empty file - writeFile complains if no data is written to the file - and return the name of the file on success else confess.

22 currentDirectory - Get the current working directory.

23 currentDirectoryAbove - The path to the folder above the current working folder.

24 cutOutImagesInFodtFile - Cut out the images embedded in a fodt file, perhaps produced via convertDocxToFodt, placing them in the specified folder and replacing them in the source file with:

<image href="$imageFile" outputclass="imageType">.

25 Data::Exchange::Service::check - Check that we are the current incarnation of the named service with details obtained from newServiceIncarnation.

26 Data::Table::Text::Starter::finish - Wait for all started processes to finish and return their consolidated results.

27 Data::Table::Text::Starter::start - Start a new process to run the specified $sub.

28 Data::Table::Text::Starter::waitOne - Wait for one process to finish and consolidate its results.

29 dateStamp - Year-monthName-day

30 dateTimeStamp - Year-monthNumber-day at hours:minute:seconds

31 dateTimeStampName - Date time stamp without white space.

32 decodeBase64 - Decode a string in base 64.

33 decodeJson - Decode Perl from Json.

34 denormalizeFolderName - Remove any trailing folder separator from a folder name component.

35 docUserFlags - Generate documentation for a method by calling the extractDocumentationFlags method in the package being documented, passing it the flags for a method and the name of the method.

36 dumpFile - Dump a data structure to a file

37 dumpGZipFile - Write a data structure through gzip to a file.

38 enclosedReversedString - Convert alphanumerics in a string to enclosed reversed alphanumerics.

39 enclosedReversedStringUndo - Undo alphanumerics in a string to enclosed reversed alphanumerics.

40 enclosedString - Convert alphanumerics in a string to enclosed alphanumerics.

41 enclosedStringUndo - Undo alphanumerics in a string to enclosed alphanumerics.

42 encodeBase64 - Encode a string in base 64.

43 encodeJson - Encode Perl to Json.

44 evalFile - Read a file containing unicode in utf8, evaluate it, confess to any errors and then return any result - an improvement on do which silently ignores any problems.

45 evalGZipFile - Read a file containing compressed utf8, evaluate it, confess to any errors or return any result.

46 extractTest - Remove example markers from test code.

47 fe - Get extension of file name.

48 fileList - Files that match a given search pattern handed to bsd_glob.

49 fileModTime - Get the modified time of a file in seconds since the epoch.

50 fileOutOfDate - Calls the specified sub once for each source file that is missing, then calls the sub for the target if there were any missing files or if the target is older than any of the non missing source files or if the target does not exist.

51 filePath - Create a file name from an array of file name components.

52 filePathDir - Create a directory name from an array of file name components.

53 filePathExt - Create a file name from an array of file name components the last of which is an extension.

54 fileSize - Get the size of a file.

55 findDirs - Find all the folders under a folder and optionally filter the selected folders with a regular expression.

56 findFiles - Find all the files under a folder and optionally filter the selected files with a regular expression.

57 findFileWithExtension - Find the first extension from the specified extensions that produces a file that exists when appended to the specified file.

58 firstFileThatExists - Returns the name of the first file that exists or undef if none of the named files exist.

59 firstNChars - First N characters of a string.

60 fn - Remove path and extension from file name.

61 fne - Remove path from file name.

62 formatTable - Format various data structures as a table.

63 formatTableA - Tabularize an array.

64 formatTableAA - Tabularize an array of arrays.

65 formatTableAH - Tabularize an array of hashes.

66 formatTableBasic - Tabularize an array of arrays of text.

67 formatTableH - Tabularize a hash.

68 formatTableHA - Tabularize a hash of arrays.

69 formatTableHH - Tabularize a hash of hashes.

70 formatTableMultiLine - Tabularize text that has new lines in it.

71 fp - Get path from file name.

72 fpn - Remove extension from file name.

73 fullFileName - Full name of a file.

74 genHash - Return a $blessed hash with the specified $attributes.

75 genLValueArrayMethods - Generate lvalue array methods in the current package.

76 genLValueHashMethods - Generate lvalue hash methods in the current package.

77 genLValueScalarMethods - Generate lvalue scalar methods in the current package, A method whose value has not yet been set will return a new scalar with value undef.

78 genLValueScalarMethodsWithDefaultValues - Generate lvalue scalar methods with default values in the current package.

79 hostName - The name of the host we are running on.

80 htmlToc - Generate a table of contents for some html.

81 imageSize - Return (width, height) of an image obtained via Imagemagick.

82 indentString - Indent lines contained in a string or formatted table by the specified string.

83 ipAddressViaArp - Get the ip address of a server on the local network by hostname via arp

84 isBlank - Test whether a string is blank.

85 javaPackage - Extract the package name from a java string or file.

86 javaPackageAsFileName - Extract the package name from a java string or file and convert it to a file name.

87 keyCount - Count keys down to the specified level.

88 loadArrayArrayFromLines - Load an array of arrays from lines of text: each line is an array of words.

89 loadArrayFromLines - Load an array from lines of text in a string.

90 loadArrayHashFromLines - Load an array of hashes from lines of text: each line is an hash of words.

91 loadHash - Load the specified $hash generated with genHash with %attributes.

92 loadHashArrayFromLines - Load a hash of arrays from lines of text: the first word of each line is the key, the remaining words are the array contents.

93 loadHashFromLines - Load a hash: first word of each line is the key and the rest is the value.

94 loadHashHashFromLines - Load a hash of hashes from lines of text: the first word of each line is the key, the remaining words are the sub hash contents.

95 makeDieConfess - Force die to confess where the death occurred.

96 makePath - Make the path for the specified file name or folder.

97 matchPath - Given an absolute path find out how much of the path actually exists.

98 max - Find the maximum number in a list.

99 maximumLineLength - Find the longest line in a string

100 microSecondsSinceEpoch - Micro seconds since unix epoch.

101 min - Find the minimum number in a list.

102 newProcessStarter - Create a new process starter with which to start parallel processes up to a specified $maximumNumberOfProcesses maximum number of parallel processes at a time, wait for all the started processes to finish and then optionally retrieve their results from the folder named by $transferArea.

103 newServiceIncarnation - Create a new service incarnation to record the start up of a new instance of a service and return the description as a Data::Exchange::Service Definition hash.

104 numberOfLinesInFile - The number of lines in a file

105 numberOfLinesInString - The number of lines in a string.

106 nws - Normalize white space in a string to make comparisons easier.

107 overWriteFile - Write a unicode utf8 string to a file after creating a path to the file if necessary and return the name of the file on success else confess.

108 pad - Pad a string with blanks or the specified padding character to a multiple of a specified length.

109 parseCommandLineArguments - Classify the specified array of words referred to by $args into positional and keyword parameters, call the specified sub with a reference to an array of positional parameters followed by a reference to a hash of keywords and their values then return the value returned by this sub.

110 parseFileName - Parse a file name into (path, name, extension).

111 perlPackage - Extract the package name from a perl string or file.

112 powerOfTwo - Test whether a number is a power of two, return the power if it is else undef.

113 printFullFileName - Print a file name on a separate line with escaping so it can be used easily from the command line.

114 printQw - Print an array of words in qw() format.

115 quoteFile - Quote a file name.

116 readBinaryFile - Read binary file - a file whose contents are not to be interpreted as unicode.

117 readFile - Read a file containing unicode in utf8.

118 readGZipFile - Read the specified $file, containing compressed utf8, through gzip

119 readUtf16File - Read a file containing unicode in utf-16 format.

120 relFromAbsAgainstAbs - Derive a relative file name for the first absolute file name relative to the second absolute file name.

121 removeFilePrefix - Removes a file prefix from an array of files.

122 renormalizeFolderName - Normalize a folder name component by adding a trailing separator.

123 saveCodeToS3 - Save source code files.

124 saveSourceToS3 - Save source code.

125 searchDirectoryTreesForMatchingFiles - Search the specified directory trees for the files (not folders) that match the specified extensions.

126 setIntersectionOfTwoArraysOfWords - Intersection of two arrays of words.

127 setUnionOfTwoArraysOfWords - Union of two arrays of words.

128 startProcess - Start new processes while the number of child processes recorded in %$pids is less than the specified $maximum.

129 stringsAreNotEqual - Return the common start followwe by the two non equal tails of two non equal strings or an empty list if the strings are equal.

130 subScriptString - Convert alphanumerics in a string to sub scripts

131 subScriptStringUndo - Undo alphanumerics in a string to sub scripts

132 superScriptString - Convert alphanumerics in a string to super scripts

133 superScriptStringUndo - Undo alphanumerics in a string to super scripts

134 temporaryFile - Create a temporary file that will automatically be unlinked during END processing.

135 temporaryFolder - Create a temporary folder that will automatically be rmdired during END processing.

136 timeStamp - hours:minute:seconds

137 titleToUniqueFileName - Create a file name from a title that is unique within the set %uniqueNames.

138 trackFiles - Track the existence of files.

139 trim - Remove any white space from the front and end of a string.

140 updateDocumentation - Update documentation from the comments in a perl script.

141 updatePerlModuleDocumentation - Update the documentation in a perl file and show said documentation in a web browser.

142 userId - The userid we are currently running under.

143 versionCode - YYYYmmdd-HHMMSS

144 versionCodeDashed - YYYY-mm-dd-HH:MM:SS

145 waitForAllStartedProcessesToFinish - Wait until all the processes started by startProcess have finished.

146 writeBinaryFile - Write a non unicode string to a file in after creating a path to the file if necessary and return the name of the file on success else confess.

147 writeFile - Write a unicode utf8 string to a new file that does not already exist after creating a path to the file if necessary and return the name of the file on success else confess if a problem occurred or the file does already exist.

148 writeFiles - Write the values of a hash into files identified by the key of each value using overWriteFile

149 writeGZipFile - Write a unicode utf8 string through gzip to a file.

150 wwwEncode - Replace spaces in a string with %20 .

151 xxx - Execute a shell command.

152 yyy - Execute a block of shell commands line by line after removing comments - stop if there is a non zero return code from any command.

153 zzz - Execute lines of commands after replacing new lines with && then check that the pipeline execution results in a return code of zero and that the execution results match the optional regular expression if one has been supplied; confess() to an error if either check fails.

154 ˢ - Immediately executed inline sub to allow a code block before if.

Installation

This module is written in 100% Pure Perl and, thus, it is easy to read, comprehend, use, modify and install via cpan:

sudo cpan install Data::Table::Text

Author

philiprbrenan@gmail.com

http://www.appaapps.com

Copyright

Copyright (c) 2016-2018 Philip R Brenan.

This module is free software. It may be used, redistributed and/or modified under the same terms as Perl itself.

Acknowledgements

Thanks to the following people for their help with this module:

mim@cpan.org

Testing on windows