---
name: "App::Whiff"
section: "3pm"
platform: "linux"
package: "whiff"
version: "0.008-2"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/App::Whiff"
---

# App::Whiff(3pm)

find the first executable of a series of alternatives

## NAME

App::Whiff - find the first executable of a series of alternatives

## VERSION

version 0.008

## DESCRIPTION

This module implements logic used by the *whiff* command, which takes a number of command names and returns the first one that exists and is executable.

## PERL VERSION

This library should run on perls released even a long time ago.  It should work on any version of perl released in the last five years.

Although it may work on older versions of perl, no guarantee is made that the minimum required version will not be increased.  The version may be increased for any reason, and there is no promise that patches will be accepted to lower the minimum required perl.

## METHODS

### find\_first

```
  my $filename = App::Whiff->find_first(\@names);
```

Given an arrayref of command names (which should *not* be anything other than base filename), this method either returns an absolute path to the first of the alternatives found in the path (using File::Which) or false.

### run

This method is called by the *whiff* program to ... well, run.

## AUTHOR

Ricardo SIGNES \<cpan@semiotic.systems\>

## CONTRIBUTORS

- •

  Florian Schlichting \<fsfs@debian.org\>

- •

  Ricardo Signes \<rjbs@semiotic.systems\>

- •

  Ricardo Signes \<rjbs@users.noreply.github.com\>

## COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

This software is copyright (c) 2008 by Ricardo SIGNES.

This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as the Perl 5 programming language system itself.