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package File::Slurp; use 5.6.2 ; use strict; use warnings ; use Carp ; use Exporter ; use Fcntl qw( :DEFAULT ) ; use POSIX qw( :fcntl_h ) ; use Errno ; #use Symbol ; use vars qw( @ISA @EXPORT @EXPORT_OK %EXPORT_TAGS $VERSION ) ; @ISA = qw( Exporter ) ; $VERSION = '9999.19'; my @std_export = qw( read_file write_file overwrite_file append_file read_dir ) ; my @edit_export = qw( edit_file edit_file_lines ) ; my @ok_export = qw( ) ; @EXPORT_OK = ( @edit_export, qw( slurp prepend_file ), ) ; %EXPORT_TAGS = ( 'all' => [ @std_export, @edit_export, @EXPORT_OK ], 'edit' => [ @edit_export ], 'std' => [ @std_export ], ) ; @EXPORT = @std_export ; my $max_fast_slurp_size = 1024 * 100 ; my $is_win32 = $^O =~ /win32/i ; # Install subs for various constants that aren't set in older perls # (< 5.005). Fcntl on old perls uses Exporter to define subs without a # () prototype These can't be overridden with the constant pragma or # we get a prototype mismatch. Hence this less than aesthetically # appealing BEGIN block: BEGIN { unless( defined &SEEK_SET ) { *SEEK_SET = sub { 0 }; *SEEK_CUR = sub { 1 }; *SEEK_END = sub { 2 }; } unless( defined &O_BINARY ) { *O_BINARY = sub { 0 }; *O_RDONLY = sub { 0 }; *O_WRONLY = sub { 1 }; } unless ( defined &O_APPEND ) { if ( $^O =~ /olaris/ ) { *O_APPEND = sub { 8 }; *O_CREAT = sub { 256 }; *O_EXCL = sub { 1024 }; } elsif ( $^O =~ /inux/ ) { *O_APPEND = sub { 1024 }; *O_CREAT = sub { 64 }; *O_EXCL = sub { 128 }; } elsif ( $^O =~ /BSD/i ) { *O_APPEND = sub { 8 }; *O_CREAT = sub { 512 }; *O_EXCL = sub { 2048 }; } } } # print "OS [$^O]\n" ; # print "O_BINARY = ", O_BINARY(), "\n" ; # print "O_RDONLY = ", O_RDONLY(), "\n" ; # print "O_WRONLY = ", O_WRONLY(), "\n" ; # print "O_APPEND = ", O_APPEND(), "\n" ; # print "O_CREAT ", O_CREAT(), "\n" ; # print "O_EXCL ", O_EXCL(), "\n" ; *slurp = \&read_file ; sub read_file { my $file_name = shift ; my $opts = ( ref $_[0] eq 'HASH' ) ? shift : { @_ } ; # this is the optimized read_file for shorter files. # the test for -s > 0 is to allow pseudo files to be read with the # regular loop since they return a size of 0. if ( !ref $file_name && -e $file_name && -s _ > 0 && -s _ < $max_fast_slurp_size && !%{$opts} && !wantarray ) { my $fh ; unless( sysopen( $fh, $file_name, O_RDONLY ) ) { @_ = ( $opts, "read_file '$file_name' - sysopen: $!"); goto &_error ; } my $read_cnt = sysread( $fh, my $buf, -s _ ) ; unless ( defined $read_cnt ) { @_ = ( $opts, "read_file '$file_name' - small sysread: $!"); goto &_error ; } $buf =~ s/\015\012/\n/g if $is_win32 ; return $buf ; } # set the buffer to either the passed in one or ours and init it to the null # string my $buf ; my $buf_ref = $opts->{'buf_ref'} || \$buf ; ${$buf_ref} = '' ; my( $read_fh, $size_left, $blk_size ) ; # deal with ref for a file name # it could be an open handle or an overloaded object if ( ref $file_name ) { my $ref_result = _check_ref( $file_name ) ; if ( ref $ref_result ) { # we got an error, deal with it @_ = ( $opts, $ref_result ) ; goto &_error ; } if ( $ref_result ) { # we got an overloaded object and the result is the stringified value # use it as the file name $file_name = $ref_result ; } else { # here we have just an open handle. set $read_fh so we don't do a sysopen $read_fh = $file_name ; $blk_size = $opts->{'blk_size'} || 1024 * 1024 ; $size_left = $blk_size ; } } # see if we have a path we need to open unless ( $read_fh ) { # a regular file. set the sysopen mode my $mode = O_RDONLY ; #printf "RD: BINARY %x MODE %x\n", O_BINARY, $mode ; $read_fh = local( *FH ) ; # $read_fh = gensym ; unless ( sysopen( $read_fh, $file_name, $mode ) ) { @_ = ( $opts, "read_file '$file_name' - sysopen: $!"); goto &_error ; } if ( my $binmode = $opts->{'binmode'} ) { binmode( $read_fh, $binmode ) ; } # get the size of the file for use in the read loop $size_left = -s $read_fh ; #print "SIZE $size_left\n" ; # we need a blk_size if the size is 0 so we can handle pseudofiles like in # /proc. these show as 0 size but have data to be slurped. unless( $size_left ) { $blk_size = $opts->{'blk_size'} || 1024 * 1024 ; $size_left = $blk_size ; } } # infinite read loop. we exit when we are done slurping while( 1 ) { # do the read and see how much we got my $read_cnt = sysread( $read_fh, ${$buf_ref}, $size_left, length ${$buf_ref} ) ; # since we're using sysread Perl won't automatically restart the call # when interrupted by a signal. next if $!{EINTR}; unless ( defined $read_cnt ) { @_ = ( $opts, "read_file '$file_name' - loop sysread: $!"); goto &_error ; } # good read. see if we hit EOF (nothing left to read) last if $read_cnt == 0 ; # loop if we are slurping a handle. we don't track $size_left then. next if $blk_size ; # count down how much we read and loop if we have more to read. $size_left -= $read_cnt ; last if $size_left <= 0 ; } # fix up cr/lf to be a newline if this is a windows text file ${$buf_ref} =~ s/\015\012/\n/g if $is_win32 && !$opts->{'binmode'} ; my $sep = $/ ; $sep = '\n\n+' if defined $sep && $sep eq '' ; # see if caller wants lines if( wantarray || $opts->{'array_ref'} ) { use re 'taint' ; my @lines = length(${$buf_ref}) ? ${$buf_ref} =~ /(.*?$sep|.+)/sg : () ; chomp @lines if $opts->{'chomp'} ; # caller wants an array ref return \@lines if $opts->{'array_ref'} ; # caller wants list of lines return @lines ; } # caller wants a scalar ref to the slurped text return $buf_ref if $opts->{'scalar_ref'} ; # caller wants a scalar with the slurped text (normal scalar context) return ${$buf_ref} if defined wantarray ; # caller passed in an i/o buffer by reference (normal void context) return ; } # errors in this sub are returned as scalar refs # a normal IO/GLOB handle is an empty return # an overloaded object returns its stringified as a scalarfilename sub _check_ref { my( $handle ) = @_ ; # check if we are reading from a handle (GLOB or IO object) if ( eval { $handle->isa( 'GLOB' ) || $handle->isa( 'IO' ) } ) { # we have a handle. deal with seeking to it if it is DATA my $err = _seek_data_handle( $handle ) ; # return the error string if any return \$err if $err ; # we have good handle return ; } eval { require overload } ; # return an error if we can't load the overload pragma # or if the object isn't overloaded return \"Bad handle '$handle' is not a GLOB or IO object or overloaded" if $@ || !overload::Overloaded( $handle ) ; # must be overloaded so return its stringified value return "$handle" ; } sub _seek_data_handle { my( $handle ) = @_ ; # DEEP DARK MAGIC. this checks the UNTAINT IO flag of a # glob/handle. only the DATA handle is untainted (since it is from # trusted data in the source file). this allows us to test if this is # the DATA handle and then to do a sysseek to make sure it gets # slurped correctly. on some systems, the buffered i/o pointer is not # left at the same place as the fd pointer. this sysseek makes them # the same so slurping with sysread will work. eval{ require B } ; if ( $@ ) { return <<ERR ; Can't find B.pm with this Perl: $!. That module is needed to properly slurp the DATA handle. ERR } if ( B::svref_2object( $handle )->IO->IoFLAGS & 16 ) { # set the seek position to the current tell. unless( sysseek( $handle, tell( $handle ), SEEK_SET ) ) { return "read_file '$handle' - sysseek: $!" ; } } # seek was successful, return no error string return ; } sub write_file { my $file_name = shift ; # get the optional argument hash ref from @_ or an empty hash ref. my $opts = ( ref $_[0] eq 'HASH' ) ? shift : {} ; my( $buf_ref, $write_fh, $no_truncate, $orig_file_name, $data_is_ref ) ; # get the buffer ref - it depends on how the data is passed into write_file # after this if/else $buf_ref will have a scalar ref to the data. if ( ref $opts->{'buf_ref'} eq 'SCALAR' ) { # a scalar ref passed in %opts has the data # note that the data was passed by ref $buf_ref = $opts->{'buf_ref'} ; $data_is_ref = 1 ; } elsif ( ref $_[0] eq 'SCALAR' ) { # the first value in @_ is the scalar ref to the data # note that the data was passed by ref $buf_ref = shift ; $data_is_ref = 1 ; } elsif ( ref $_[0] eq 'ARRAY' ) { # the first value in @_ is the array ref to the data so join it. ${$buf_ref} = join '', @{$_[0]} ; } else { # good old @_ has all the data so join it. ${$buf_ref} = join '', @_ ; } # deal with ref for a file name if ( ref $file_name ) { my $ref_result = _check_ref( $file_name ) ; if ( ref $ref_result ) { # we got an error, deal with it @_ = ( $opts, $ref_result ) ; goto &_error ; } if ( $ref_result ) { # we got an overloaded object and the result is the stringified value # use it as the file name $file_name = $ref_result ; } else { # we now have a proper handle ref. # make sure we don't call truncate on it. $write_fh = $file_name ; $no_truncate = 1 ; } } # see if we have a path we need to open unless( $write_fh ) { # spew to regular file. if ( $opts->{'atomic'} ) { # in atomic mode, we spew to a temp file so make one and save the original # file name. $orig_file_name = $file_name ; $file_name .= ".$$" ; } # set the mode for the sysopen my $mode = O_WRONLY | O_CREAT ; $mode |= O_APPEND if $opts->{'append'} ; $mode |= O_EXCL if $opts->{'no_clobber'} ; my $perms = $opts->{perms} ; $perms = 0666 unless defined $perms ; #printf "WR: BINARY %x MODE %x\n", O_BINARY, $mode ; # open the file and handle any error. $write_fh = local( *FH ) ; # $write_fh = gensym ; unless ( sysopen( $write_fh, $file_name, $mode, $perms ) ) { @_ = ( $opts, "write_file '$file_name' - sysopen: $!"); goto &_error ; } } if ( my $binmode = $opts->{'binmode'} ) { binmode( $write_fh, $binmode ) ; } sysseek( $write_fh, 0, SEEK_END ) if $opts->{'append'} ; #print 'WR before data ', unpack( 'H*', ${$buf_ref}), "\n" ; # fix up newline to write cr/lf if this is a windows text file if ( $is_win32 && !$opts->{'binmode'} ) { # copy the write data if it was passed by ref so we don't clobber the # caller's data $buf_ref = \do{ my $copy = ${$buf_ref}; } if $data_is_ref ; ${$buf_ref} =~ s/\n/\015\012/g ; } #print 'after data ', unpack( 'H*', ${$buf_ref}), "\n" ; # get the size of how much we are writing and init the offset into that buffer my $size_left = length( ${$buf_ref} ) ; my $offset = 0 ; # loop until we have no more data left to write do { # do the write and track how much we just wrote my $write_cnt = syswrite( $write_fh, ${$buf_ref}, $size_left, $offset ) ; # since we're using syswrite Perl won't automatically restart the call # when interrupted by a signal. next if $!{EINTR}; unless ( defined $write_cnt ) { @_ = ( $opts, "write_file '$file_name' - syswrite: $!"); goto &_error ; } # track how much left to write and where to write from in the buffer $size_left -= $write_cnt ; $offset += $write_cnt ; } while( $size_left > 0 ) ; # we truncate regular files in case we overwrite a long file with a shorter file # so seek to the current position to get it (same as tell()). truncate( $write_fh, sysseek( $write_fh, 0, SEEK_CUR ) ) unless $no_truncate ; close( $write_fh ) ; # handle the atomic mode - move the temp file to the original filename. if ( $opts->{'atomic'} && !rename( $file_name, $orig_file_name ) ) { @_ = ( $opts, "write_file '$file_name' - rename: $!" ) ; goto &_error ; } return 1 ; } # this is for backwards compatibility with the previous File::Slurp module. # write_file always overwrites an existing file *overwrite_file = \&write_file ; # the current write_file has an append mode so we use that. this # supports the same API with an optional second argument which is a # hash ref of options. sub append_file { # get the optional opts hash ref my $opts = $_[1] ; if ( ref $opts eq 'HASH' ) { # we were passed an opts ref so just mark the append mode $opts->{append} = 1 ; } else { # no opts hash so insert one with the append mode splice( @_, 1, 0, { append => 1 } ) ; } # magic goto the main write_file sub. this overlays the sub without touching # the stack or @_ goto &write_file } # prepend data to the beginning of a file sub prepend_file { my $file_name = shift ; #print "FILE $file_name\n" ; my $opts = ( ref $_[0] eq 'HASH' ) ? shift : {} ; # delete unsupported options my @bad_opts = grep $_ ne 'err_mode' && $_ ne 'binmode', keys %{$opts} ; delete @{$opts}{@bad_opts} ; my $prepend_data = shift ; $prepend_data = '' unless defined $prepend_data ; $prepend_data = ${$prepend_data} if ref $prepend_data eq 'SCALAR' ; #print "PRE [$prepend_data]\n" ; my $err_mode = delete $opts->{err_mode} ; $opts->{ err_mode } = 'croak' ; $opts->{ scalar_ref } = 1 ; my $existing_data = eval { read_file( $file_name, $opts ) } ; if ( $@ ) { @_ = ( { err_mode => $err_mode }, "prepend_file '$file_name' - read_file: $!" ) ; goto &_error ; } #print "EXIST [$$existing_data]\n" ; $opts->{atomic} = 1 ; my $write_result = eval { write_file( $file_name, $opts, $prepend_data, $$existing_data ) ; } ; if ( $@ ) { @_ = ( { err_mode => $err_mode }, "prepend_file '$file_name' - write_file: $!" ) ; goto &_error ; } return $write_result ; } # edit a file as a scalar in $_ sub edit_file(&$;$) { my( $edit_code, $file_name, $opts ) = @_ ; $opts = {} unless ref $opts eq 'HASH' ; # my $edit_code = shift ; # my $file_name = shift ; # my $opts = ( ref $_[0] eq 'HASH' ) ? shift : {} ; #print "FILE $file_name\n" ; # delete unsupported options my @bad_opts = grep $_ ne 'err_mode' && $_ ne 'binmode', keys %{$opts} ; delete @{$opts}{@bad_opts} ; # keep the user err_mode and force croaking on internal errors my $err_mode = delete $opts->{err_mode} ; $opts->{ err_mode } = 'croak' ; # get a scalar ref for speed and slurp the file into a scalar $opts->{ scalar_ref } = 1 ; my $existing_data = eval { read_file( $file_name, $opts ) } ; if ( $@ ) { @_ = ( { err_mode => $err_mode }, "edit_file '$file_name' - read_file: $!" ) ; goto &_error ; } #print "EXIST [$$existing_data]\n" ; my( $edited_data ) = map { $edit_code->(); $_ } $$existing_data ; $opts->{atomic} = 1 ; my $write_result = eval { write_file( $file_name, $opts, $edited_data ) } ; if ( $@ ) { @_ = ( { err_mode => $err_mode }, "edit_file '$file_name' - write_file: $!" ) ; goto &_error ; } return $write_result ; } sub edit_file_lines(&$;$) { my( $edit_code, $file_name, $opts ) = @_ ; $opts = {} unless ref $opts eq 'HASH' ; # my $edit_code = shift ; # my $file_name = shift ; # my $opts = ( ref $_[0] eq 'HASH' ) ? shift : {} ; #print "FILE $file_name\n" ; # delete unsupported options my @bad_opts = grep $_ ne 'err_mode' && $_ ne 'binmode', keys %{$opts} ; delete @{$opts}{@bad_opts} ; # keep the user err_mode and force croaking on internal errors my $err_mode = delete $opts->{err_mode} ; $opts->{ err_mode } = 'croak' ; # get an array ref for speed and slurp the file into lines $opts->{ array_ref } = 1 ; my $existing_data = eval { read_file( $file_name, $opts ) } ; if ( $@ ) { @_ = ( { err_mode => $err_mode }, "edit_file_lines '$file_name' - read_file: $!" ) ; goto &_error ; } #print "EXIST [$$existing_data]\n" ; my @edited_data = map { $edit_code->(); $_ } @$existing_data ; $opts->{atomic} = 1 ; my $write_result = eval { write_file( $file_name, $opts, @edited_data ) } ; if ( $@ ) { @_ = ( { err_mode => $err_mode }, "edit_file_lines '$file_name' - write_file: $!" ) ; goto &_error ; } return $write_result ; } # basic wrapper around opendir/readdir sub read_dir { my $dir = shift ; my $opts = ( ref $_[0] eq 'HASH' ) ? shift : { @_ } ; # this handle will be destroyed upon return local(*DIRH); # open the dir and handle any errors unless ( opendir( DIRH, $dir ) ) { @_ = ( $opts, "read_dir '$dir' - opendir: $!" ) ; goto &_error ; } my @dir_entries = readdir(DIRH) ; @dir_entries = grep( $_ ne "." && $_ ne "..", @dir_entries ) unless $opts->{'keep_dot_dot'} ; if ( $opts->{'prefix'} ) { substr( $_, 0, 0, "$dir/" ) for @dir_entries ; } return @dir_entries if wantarray ; return \@dir_entries ; } # error handling section # # all the error handling uses magic goto so the caller will get the # error message as if from their code and not this module. if we just # did a call on the error code, the carp/croak would report it from # this module since the error sub is one level down on the call stack # from read_file/write_file/read_dir. my %err_func = ( 'carp' => \&carp, 'croak' => \&croak, ) ; sub _error { my( $opts, $err_msg ) = @_ ; # get the error function to use my $func = $err_func{ $opts->{'err_mode'} || 'croak' } ; # if we didn't find it in our error function hash, they must have set # it to quiet and we don't do anything. return unless $func ; # call the carp/croak function $func->($err_msg) if $func ; # return a hard undef (in list context this will be a single value of # undef which is not a legal in-band value) return undef ; } 1; __END__ =head1 NAME File::Slurp - Simple and Efficient Reading/Writing/Modifying of Complete Files =head1 SYNOPSIS use File::Slurp; # read in a whole file into a scalar my $text = read_file( 'filename' ) ; # read in a whole file into an array of lines my @lines = read_file( 'filename' ) ; # write out a whole file from a scalar write_file( 'filename', $text ) ; # write out a whole file from an array of lines write_file( 'filename', @lines ) ; # Here is a simple and fast way to load and save a simple config file # made of key=value lines. my %conf = read_file( $file_name ) =~ /^(\w+)=(.*)$/mg ; write_file( $file_name, {atomic => 1}, map "$_=$conf{$_}\n", keys %conf ) ; # insert text at the beginning of a file prepend_file( 'filename', $text ) ; # in-place edit to replace all 'foo' with 'bar' in file edit_file { s/foo/bar/g } 'filename' ; # in-place edit to delete all lines with 'foo' from file edit_file_lines sub { $_ = '' if /foo/ }, 'filename' ; # read in a whole directory of file names (skipping . and ..) my @files = read_dir( '/path/to/dir' ) ; =head1 DESCRIPTION This module provides subs that allow you to read or write entire files with one simple call. They are designed to be simple to use, have flexible ways to pass in or get the file contents and to be very efficient. There is also a sub to read in all the files in a directory other than C<.> and C<..> These slurp/spew subs work for files, pipes and sockets, stdio, pseudo-files, and the DATA handle. Read more about why slurping files is a good thing in the file 'slurp_article.pod' in the extras/ directory. If you are interested in how fast these calls work, check out the slurp_bench.pl program in the extras/ directory. It compares many different forms of slurping. You can select the I/O direction, context and file sizes. Use the --help option to see how to run it. =head2 B<read_file> This sub reads in an entire file and returns its contents to the caller. In scalar context it returns the entire file as a single scalar. In list context it will return a list of lines (using the current value of $/ as the separator including support for paragraph mode when it is set to ''). my $text = read_file( 'filename' ) ; my $bin = read_file( 'filename' { binmode => ':raw' } ) ; my @lines = read_file( 'filename' ) ; my $lines = read_file( 'filename', array_ref => 1 ) ; The first argument is the file to slurp in. If the next argument is a hash reference, then it is used as the options. Otherwise the rest of the argument list are is used as key/value options. If the file argument is a handle (if it is a ref and is an IO or GLOB object), then that handle is slurped in. This mode is supported so you slurp handles such as C<DATA> and C<STDIN>. See the test handle.t for an example that does C<open( '-|' )> and the child process spews data to the parant which slurps it in. All of the options that control how the data is returned to the caller still work in this case. If the first argument is an overloaded object then its stringified value is used for the filename and that file is opened. This is a new feature in 9999.14. See the stringify.t test for an example. By default C<read_file> returns an undef in scalar contex or a single undef in list context if it encounters an error. Those are both impossible to get with a clean read_file call which means you can check the return value and always know if you had an error. You can change how errors are handled with the C<err_mode> option. Speed Note: If you call read_file and just get a scalar return value it is now optimized to handle shorter files. This is only used if no options are used, the file is shorter then 100k bytes, the filename is a plain scalar and a scalar file is returned. If you want the fastest slurping, use the C<buf_ref> or C<scalar_ref> options (see below) NOTE: as of version 9999.06, read_file works correctly on the C<DATA> handle. It used to need a sysseek workaround but that is now handled when needed by the module itself. You can optionally request that C<slurp()> is exported to your code. This is an alias for read_file and is meant to be forward compatible with Perl 6 (which will have slurp() built-in). The options for C<read_file> are: =head3 binmode If you set the binmode option, then its value is passed to a call to binmode on the opened handle. You can use this to set the file to be read in binary mode, utf8, etc. See perldoc -f binmode for more. my $bin_data = read_file( $bin_file, binmode => ':raw' ) ; my $utf_text = read_file( $bin_file, binmode => ':utf8' ) ; =head3 array_ref If this boolean option is set, the return value (only in scalar context) will be an array reference which contains the lines of the slurped file. The following two calls are equivalent: my $lines_ref = read_file( $bin_file, array_ref => 1 ) ; my $lines_ref = [ read_file( $bin_file ) ] ; =head3 chomp If this boolean option is set, the lines are chomped. This only happens if you are slurping in a list context or using the C<array_ref> option. =head3 scalar_ref If this boolean option is set, the return value (only in scalar context) will be an scalar reference to a string which is the contents of the slurped file. This will usually be faster than returning the plain scalar. It will also save memory as it will not make a copy of the file to return. Run the extras/slurp_bench.pl script to see speed comparisons. my $text_ref = read_file( $bin_file, scalar_ref => 1 ) ; =head3 buf_ref You can use this option to pass in a scalar reference and the slurped file contents will be stored in the scalar. This can be used in conjunction with any of the other options. This saves an extra copy of the slurped file and can lower ram usage vs returning the file. It is usually the fastest way to read a file into a scalar. Run the extras/slurp_bench.pl script to see speed comparisons. read_file( $bin_file, buf_ref => \$buffer ) ; =head3 blk_size You can use this option to set the block size used when slurping from an already open handle (like \*STDIN). It defaults to 1MB. my $text_ref = read_file( $bin_file, blk_size => 10_000_000, array_ref => 1 ) ; =head3 err_mode You can use this option to control how read_file behaves when an error occurs. This option defaults to 'croak'. You can set it to 'carp' or to 'quiet to have no special error handling. This code wants to carp and then read another file if it fails. my $text_ref = read_file( $file, err_mode => 'carp' ) ; unless ( $text_ref ) { # read a different file but croak if not found $text_ref = read_file( $another_file ) ; } # process ${$text_ref} =head2 B<write_file> This sub writes out an entire file in one call. write_file( 'filename', @data ) ; The first argument to C<write_file> is the filename. The next argument is an optional hash reference and it contains key/values that can modify the behavior of C<write_file>. The rest of the argument list is the data to be written to the file. write_file( 'filename', {append => 1 }, @data ) ; write_file( 'filename', {binmode => ':raw'}, $buffer ) ; As a shortcut if the first data argument is a scalar or array reference, it is used as the only data to be written to the file. Any following arguments in @_ are ignored. This is a faster way to pass in the output to be written to the file and is equivalent to the C<buf_ref> option of C<read_file>. These following pairs are equivalent but the pass by reference call will be faster in most cases (especially with larger files). write_file( 'filename', \$buffer ) ; write_file( 'filename', $buffer ) ; write_file( 'filename', \@lines ) ; write_file( 'filename', @lines ) ; If the first argument is a handle (if it is a ref and is an IO or GLOB object), then that handle is written to. This mode is supported so you spew to handles such as \*STDOUT. See the test handle.t for an example that does C<open( '-|' )> and child process spews data to the parent which slurps it in. All of the options that control how the data are passed into C<write_file> still work in this case. If the first argument is an overloaded object then its stringified value is used for the filename and that file is opened. This is new feature in 9999.14. See the stringify.t test for an example. By default C<write_file> returns 1 upon successfully writing the file or undef if it encountered an error. You can change how errors are handled with the C<err_mode> option. The options are: =head3 binmode If you set the binmode option, then its value is passed to a call to binmode on the opened handle. You can use this to set the file to be read in binary mode, utf8, etc. See perldoc -f binmode for more. write_file( $bin_file, {binmode => ':raw'}, @data ) ; write_file( $bin_file, {binmode => ':utf8'}, $utf_text ) ; =head3 perms The perms option sets the permissions of newly-created files. This value is modified by your process's umask and defaults to 0666 (same as sysopen). NOTE: this option is new as of File::Slurp version 9999.14; =head3 buf_ref You can use this option to pass in a scalar reference which has the data to be written. If this is set then any data arguments (including the scalar reference shortcut) in @_ will be ignored. These are equivalent: write_file( $bin_file, { buf_ref => \$buffer } ) ; write_file( $bin_file, \$buffer ) ; write_file( $bin_file, $buffer ) ; =head3 atomic If you set this boolean option, the file will be written to in an atomic fashion. A temporary file name is created by appending the pid ($$) to the file name argument and that file is spewed to. After the file is closed it is renamed to the original file name (and rename is an atomic operation on most OS's). If the program using this were to crash in the middle of this, then the file with the pid suffix could be left behind. =head3 append If you set this boolean option, the data will be written at the end of the current file. Internally this sets the sysopen mode flag O_APPEND. write_file( $file, {append => 1}, @data ) ; You can import append_file and it does the same thing. =head3 no_clobber If you set this boolean option, an existing file will not be overwritten. write_file( $file, {no_clobber => 1}, @data ) ; =head3 err_mode You can use this option to control how C<write_file> behaves when an error occurs. This option defaults to 'croak'. You can set it to 'carp' or to 'quiet' to have no error handling other than the return value. If the first call to C<write_file> fails it will carp and then write to another file. If the second call to C<write_file> fails, it will croak. unless ( write_file( $file, { err_mode => 'carp', \$data ) ; # write a different file but croak if not found write_file( $other_file, \$data ) ; } =head2 overwrite_file This sub is just a typeglob alias to write_file since write_file always overwrites an existing file. This sub is supported for backwards compatibility with the original version of this module. See write_file for its API and behavior. =head2 append_file This sub will write its data to the end of the file. It is a wrapper around write_file and it has the same API so see that for the full documentation. These calls are equivalent: append_file( $file, @data ) ; write_file( $file, {append => 1}, @data ) ; =head2 prepend_file This sub writes data to the beginning of a file. The previously existing data is written after that so the effect is prepending data in front of a file. It is a counterpart to the append_file sub in this module. It works by first using C<read_file> to slurp in the file and then calling C<write_file> with the new data and the existing file data. The first argument to C<prepend_file> is the filename. The next argument is an optional hash reference and it contains key/values that can modify the behavior of C<prepend_file>. The rest of the argument list is the data to be written to the file and that is passed to C<write_file> as is (see that for allowed data). Only the C<binmode> and C<err_mode> options are supported. The C<write_file> call has the C<atomic> option set so you will always have a consistant file. See above for more about those options. C<prepend_file> is not exported by default, you need to import it explicitly. use File::Slurp qw( prepend_file ) ; prepend_file( $file, $header ) ; prepend_file( $file, \@lines ) ; prepend_file( $file, { binmode => 'raw:'}, $bin_data ) ; =head2 edit_file, edit_file_lines These subs read in a file into $_, execute a code block which should modify $_ and then write $_ back to the file. The difference between them is that C<edit_file> reads the whole file into $_ and calls the code block one time. With C<edit_file_lines> each line is read into $_ and the code is called for each line. In both cases the code should modify $_ if desired and it will be written back out. These subs are the equivalent of the -pi command line options of Perl but you can call them from inside your program and not fork out a process. They are in @EXPORT_OK so you need to request them to be imported on the use line or you can import both of them with: use File::Slurp qw( :edit ) ; The first argument to C<edit_file> and C<edit_file_lines> is a code block or a code reference. The code block is not followed by a comma (as with grep and map) but a code reference is followed by a comma. See the examples below for both styles. The next argument is the filename. The last argument is an optional hash reference and it contains key/values that can modify the behavior of C<prepend_file>. Only the C<binmode> and C<err_mode> options are supported. The C<write_file> call has the C<atomic> option set so you will always have a consistant file. See above for more about those options. Each group of calls below show a Perl command line instance and the equivalent calls to C<edit_file> and C<edit_file_lines>. perl -0777 -pi -e 's/foo/bar/g' filename use File::Slurp qw( edit_file ) ; edit_file { s/foo/bar/g } 'filename' ; edit_file sub { s/foo/bar/g }, 'filename' ; edit_file \&replace_foo, 'filename' ; sub replace_foo { s/foo/bar/g } perl -pi -e '$_ = "" if /foo/' filename use File::Slurp qw( edit_file_lines ) ; use File::Slurp ; edit_file_lines { $_ = '' if /foo/ } 'filename' ; edit_file_lines sub { $_ = '' if /foo/ }, 'filename' ; edit_file \&delete_foo, 'filename' ; sub delete_foo { $_ = '' if /foo/ } =head2 read_dir This sub reads all the file names from directory and returns them to the caller but C<.> and C<..> are removed by default. my @files = read_dir( '/path/to/dir' ) ; The first argument is the path to the directory to read. If the next argument is a hash reference, then it is used as the options. Otherwise the rest of the argument list are is used as key/value options. In list context C<read_dir> returns a list of the entries in the directory. In a scalar context it returns an array reference which has the entries. =head3 err_mode If the C<err_mode> option is set, it selects how errors are handled (see C<err_mode> in C<read_file> or C<write_file>). =head3 keep_dot_dot If this boolean option is set, C<.> and C<..> are not removed from the list of files. my @all_files = read_dir( '/path/to/dir', keep_dot_dot => 1 ) ; =head3 prefix If this boolean option is set, the string "$dir/" is prefixed to each dir entry. This means you can directly use the results to open files. A common newbie mistake is not putting the directory in front of entries when opening themn. my @paths = read_dir( '/path/to/dir', prefix => 1 ) ; =head2 EXPORT These are exported by default or with use File::Slurp qw( :std ) ; read_file write_file overwrite_file append_file read_dir These are exported with use File::Slurp qw( :edit ) ; edit_file edit_file_lines You can get all subs in the module exported with use File::Slurp qw( :all ) ; =head2 LICENSE Same as Perl. =head2 SEE ALSO An article on file slurping in extras/slurp_article.pod. There is also a benchmarking script in extras/slurp_bench.pl. =head2 BUGS If run under Perl 5.004, slurping from the DATA handle will fail as that requires B.pm which didn't get into core until 5.005. =head1 AUTHOR Uri Guttman, E<lt>uri AT stemsystems DOT comE<gt> =cut