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NAME

File::Slurp::Tiny - A simple, sane and efficient file slurper

VERSION

version 0.002

SYNOPSIS

 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

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.