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NAME

File::Find::Rex - Combines simpler File::Find interface with support for regular expression search criteria.

VERSION

Version 1.00

DESCRIPTION

This module provides an easy to use object oriented interface to File::Find and adds the ability to filter results using regular expressions.

Features include:

  • Object oriented interface

  • Find results returned as array or via a callback subroutine

  • Regular expression matching

  • Option to ignore directory listings in output (i.e., just files)

  • Option to ignore hidden files

  • Option to scope query using file last modified date

  • Caller provided context passed when using callback subroutine

SYNOPSIS

# Example 1: Simplest use-case - finds all files in present working # directory.

use File::Find::Rex;
my $source = ".";
my $rex = new File::Find::Rex;
my @files = $rex->query($source);
foreach (@files)
{
 say $_;
}

# Example 2: Regex use-case - finds all files in present working # directory that start with the letter 'b' or 'B'.

my @files = $rex->query($source, qr/^b/i);
foreach (@files) {
  say $_;
}

# Example 3: Setting find options - sets options to perform recursive # query, ignore hidden files, and ignore directory entries in results.

$rex->set_option('ignore_dirs', 1);
$rex->set_option('ignore_hidden', 1);
$rex->set_option('recursive', 1);
my @files = $rex->query($source);
foreach (@files) {
  say $_;
}

# Example 4: Callback method - results returned via callback method # instead of array, and options are passed to constructor.

my %options = (
  recursive => 1,
  ignore_dirs => 1,
  ignore_hidden => 1,
  );

$rex = new File::Find::Rex(\%options, \&callback);
$rex->query($source);
sub callback {
  say shift;
}

CONSTRUCTOR

File::Find::Rex->new(<options>, <callback>)

The constructor takes two optional arguments:

options is a hash reference containing key-value pairs specifying find options. See the Options section for the list of available options.

callback is a code reference to a subroutine that is called for each find result. If passed, query results are returned via the callback method instead of return value.

SUBROUTINES/METHODS

query([source], <regexp>, <context>)

The query method takes one required and two optional arguments:

source is the directory or file path to start search. A directory path is typically passed; however, support for file path is offered to simplify application logic by providing consistent call semantics and behavior in scenarios where input can be a single file or a collection.

regex is a regular expression for constraining query result to matching filenames. The regular expression is tested on jstu the filename - basename and extension. The file's directory path is not evaluated. If passed, ref type expected is Regexp, which can be accomplished using regexp-like quoted string using qr. For more information see http://perldoc.perl.org/functions/qr.html.

context enables the caller have an arbitrary value or reference passed to the callback method. It can be used, for example, by an object to get a reference back to itself when callback is used to get results. This option is only applicable when a callback is used.

set_option([option], <value>)

The set_option method takes one required and one optional argument:

option specifies the option to set. See Options section for list of options.

value specifies the option value. See Options section for the values settable for each option. If this argument is not set then option value is set to undef, which has same effect as unsetting it.

is_ignore_dirs

Returns ignore_dirs option setting. 0: disabled, 1: enabled.

is_ignore_hidden

Returns ignore_hidden option setting. 0: disabled, 1: enabled.

get_last_modified_earliest

Returns last_modified_earliest epoch time value. If disabled, undef is returned.

get_last_modified_latest

Returns last_modified_latest epoch time value. If disabled, undef is returned.

is_recursive

Returns recursive option setting. 0: disabled, 1: enabled.

OPTIONS

File::Find::Rex utilizes the options listed here to control find behavior and to filter results. Options are set by passing a hash reference to the construtor and by using the set_option method. When passing options constructor, each key-value pair maps to the option name and its value.

ignore_dirs (default: disabled)

If set, this option suppresses listing directory entries in results. I.e., just files are returned.

To enable this option, set its value to 1. To disable set to 0 or undef, or do not create a hash entry for it when passing options to construtor.

ignore_hidden (default: disabled)

If set, this option suppresses listing hidden files in results.

To enable this option, set its value to 1. To disable, set to 0 or undef, or do not create a hash entry for it when passing options to construtor.

If set, this option suppresses listing symbolic linked files in results.

To enable this option, set its value to 1. To disable, set to 0 or undef, or do not create a hash entry for it when passing options to construtor.

last_modified_latest (default: disabled)

If set, this option scopes query to files having file last modified timestamp values less than or equal to the option value specified. Timestamp values are in epoch datetime format, meaning an integer value is expected.

To enable this option, set its value to an epoch timestamp. To disable, set to undef or do not create a hash entry for it when passing options to construtor.

last_modified_earliest (default: disabled)

If set, this option scopes query to files having file last modified timestamp values greater than or equal to the option value specified. Timestamp values are in epoch datetime format, meaning an integer value is expected.

To enable this option, set its value to an epoch timestamp. To disable, set to undef or do not create a hash entry for it when passing options to construtor.

recursive (default: disabled)

If set, this option includes all subdirectories under the source directory specified in query call. This option has no affect on results if the source specified is a file.

To enable this option, set its value to 1. To disable, set to 0 or undef, or do not create a hash entry for it when passing options to construtor.

CALLBACK

If the caller passes an optional callback subroutine reference to the constructor then query results are returned via the callback instead being returned as an array. The callback method is called for each file found (as it is discovered) instead of waiting for the query to complete to return results.

callback([file], <context>)

The callback subroutine is called for each file found, and arguments are passed in the order shown:

file is the fully qualified path to a file or directory found.

context is the optional, caller defined value or reference passed to query call.

DEPENDENCIES

This module has the following depenencies:

  • Carp 1.29

  • Cwd 3.40

  • File::Basename 2.84

  • File::Find 1.23

  • File::Spec 3.40

SUPPORT

You can find documentation for this module with the perldoc command.

perldoc File::Find::Rex

You can also look for information at:

BUGS AND LIMITATIONS

Please report any bugs or feature requests to bug-file-find-rex at rt.cpan.org, or through the web interface at http://rt.cpan.org/NoAuth/ReportBug.html?Queue=File-Find-Rex. I will be notified, and then you'll automatically be notified of progress on your bug as I make changes.

SEE ALSO

File::Find

AUTHOR

Roland Ayala, <rolanday at cpan.org>

LICENSE AND COPYRIGHT

Copyright 2018 Roland Ayala.

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