man pmdesc () - print out version and whatis description of perl modules

NAME

pmdesc - print out version and whatis description of perl modules

DESCRIPTION

Given one or more module names, show the version number (if known) and the `whatis' line, that is, the NAME section's description, typically used for generation whatis databases.

EXAMPLES

    $ pmdesc IO::Socket
    IO::Socket (1.25) - Object interface to socket communications


    $ oldperl pmdesc IO::Socket
    IO::Socket (1.1603) - Object interface to socket communications


    $ pmdesc `pminst -s | perl -lane 'print $F[1] if $F[0] =~ /site/'`
    XML::Parser::Expat (2.19) - Lowlevel access to James Clark's expat XML parser
    XML::Parser (2.19) - A perl module for parsing XML documents

RESTRICTIONS

This only works on modules. It should also work on filenames, but then it's a bit tricky finding out the package to call the VERSION method on.

SEE ALSO

pmdesc(1) pminst(1) pmpath(1) pmvers(1)

AUTHOR and COPYRIGHT

Copyright (c) 1999 Tom Christiansen

This is free software. You may modify it and distribute it under Perl's Artistic Licence. Modified versions must be clearly indicated.