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.IX Title "V 3pm"
.TH V 3pm "2018-05-06" "perl v5.26.2" "User Contributed Perl Documentation"
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.SH "NAME"
V \- Print version of the specified module(s).
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
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\&    $ perl \-MV=V
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or if you want more than one
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\&    $ perl \-MV=CPAN,V
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Can now also be used as a light-weight module for getting versions of
modules without loading them:
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\&    BEGIN { $V::NO_EXIT = 1 }
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\&    printf "%s has version \*(Aq%s\*(Aq\en", "V", V::get_version( "V" );
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.SH "DESCRIPTION"
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This module uses stolen code from Module::Info to find the location 
and version of the specified module(s). It prints them and \fIexit()\fRs.
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It defines \f(CW\*(C`import()\*(C'\fR and is based on an idea from Michael Schwern
on the perl5\-porters list. See the discussion:
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\&  http://www.xray.mpe.mpg.de/mailing\-lists/perl5\-porters/2002\-01/msg00760.html
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.SH "AUTHOR"
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Abe Timmerman \f(CW\*(C`<abeltje@cpan.org>\*(C'\fR.
.SH "COPYRIGHT & LICENSE"
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Copyright 2002\-2006 Abe Timmerman, All Rights Reserved.
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This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the same terms as Perl itself.
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This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
but \s-1WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY\s0; without even the implied warranty of
\&\s-1MERCHANTABILITY\s0 or \s-1FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.\s0