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File::Slurp::Tiny(3pm) | User Contributed Perl Documentation | File::Slurp::Tiny(3pm) |
NAME¶
File::Slurp::Tiny - A simple, sane and efficient file slurperVERSION¶
version 0.003SYNOPSIS¶
use File::Slurp::Tiny 'read_file'; my $content = read_file($filename);
DESCRIPTION¶
This module provides functions for fast and correct slurping and spewing. All functions are optionally exported.FUNCTIONS¶
read_file($filename, %options)¶
Reads file $filename into a scalar. By default it returns this scalar. Can optionally take these named arguments:- binmode
Set the layers to read the file with. The default will be something sensible on your platform.
- buf_ref
Pass a reference to a scalar to read the file into, instead of returning it by value. This has performance benefits.
- scalar_ref
If set to true, "read_file" will return a reference to a scalar containing the file content.
read_lines($filename, %options)¶
Reads file $filename into a list/array. By default it returns this list. Can optionally take these named arguments:- binmode
Set the layers to read the file with. The default will be something sensible on your platform.
- array_ref
Pass a reference to an array to read the lines into, instead of returning them by value. This has performance benefits.
- chomp
"chomp" the lines.
write_file($filename, $content, %options)¶
Open $filename, and write $content to it. Can optionally take this named argument:- •
- binmode
Set the layers to write the file with. The default will be something sensible on your platform.
read_dir($dirname, %options)¶
Open "dirname" and return all entries except "." and "..". Can optionally take this named argument:- •
- prefix
This will prepend $dir to the entries
SEE ALSO¶
- Path::Tiny
A minimalistic abstraction not only around
- File::Slurp
Another file slurping tool.
AUTHOR¶
Leon Timmermans <leont@cpan.org>COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE¶
This software is copyright (c) 2013 by Leon Timmermans.This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as the Perl 5 programming language system itself.
2014-01-20 | perl v5.18.2 |