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NAME
    ExtUtils::Command - utilities to replace common UNIX commands in Makefiles etc.

SYNOPSIS
      perl -MExtUtils::Command -e cat files... > destination
      perl -MExtUtils::Command -e mv source... destination
      perl -MExtUtils::Command -e cp source... destination
      perl -MExtUtils::Command -e touch files...
      perl -MExtUtils::Command -e rm_f files...
      perl -MExtUtils::Command -e rm_rf directories...
      perl -MExtUtils::Command -e mkpath directories...
      perl -MExtUtils::Command -e eqtime source destination
      perl -MExtUtils::Command -e test_f file
      perl -MExtUtils::Command -e test_d directory
      perl -MExtUtils::Command -e chmod mode files...
      ...

DESCRIPTION
    The module is used to replace common UNIX commands. In all cases the functions work from @ARGV
    rather than taking arguments. This makes them easier to deal with in Makefiles. Call them like
    this:

      perl -MExtUtils::Command -e some_command some files to work on

    and *NOT* like this:

      perl -MExtUtils::Command -e 'some_command qw(some files to work on)'

    For that use Shell::Command.

    Filenames with * and ? will be glob expanded.

  FUNCTIONS
    cat
            cat file ...

        Concatenates all files mentioned on command line to STDOUT.

    eqtime
            eqtime source destination

        Sets modified time of destination to that of source.

    rm_rf
            rm_rf files or directories ...

        Removes files and directories - recursively (even if readonly)

    rm_f
            rm_f file ...

        Removes files (even if readonly)

    touch
            touch file ...

        Makes files exist, with current timestamp

    mv
            mv source_file destination_file
            mv source_file source_file destination_dir

        Moves source to destination. Multiple sources are allowed if destination is an existing
        directory.

        Returns true if all moves succeeded, false otherwise.

    cp
            cp source_file destination_file
            cp source_file source_file destination_dir

        Copies sources to the destination. Multiple sources are allowed if destination is an
        existing directory.

        Returns true if all copies succeeded, false otherwise.

    chmod
            chmod mode files ...

        Sets UNIX like permissions 'mode' on all the files. e.g. 0666

    mkpath
            mkpath directory ...

        Creates directories, including any parent directories.

    test_f
            test_f file

        Tests if a file exists. *Exits* with 0 if it does, 1 if it does not (ie. shell's idea of
        true and false).

    test_d
            test_d directory

        Tests if a directory exists. *Exits* with 0 if it does, 1 if it does not (ie. shell's idea
        of true and false).

    dos2unix
            dos2unix files or dirs ...

        Converts DOS and OS/2 linefeeds to Unix style recursively.

SEE ALSO
    Shell::Command which is these same functions but take arguments normally.

AUTHOR
    Nick Ing-Simmons "ni-s AT cpan.org"

    Maintained by Michael G Schwern "schwern AT pobox.com" within the ExtUtils-MakeMaker package and,
    as a separate CPAN package, by Randy Kobes "r.kobes AT uwinnipeg.ca".