---
name: "Catalyst::Script::Create"
section: "3pm"
platform: "linux"
package: "libcatalyst-perl"
version: "5.90132-1"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/Catalyst::Script::Create"
---

# Catalyst::Script::Create(3pm)

Create a new Catalyst Component

## NAME

Catalyst::Script::Create - Create a new Catalyst Component

## SYNOPSIS

```
 myapp_create.pl [options] model|view|controller name [helper] [options]
 Options:
   --force        don't create a .new file where a file to be created exists
   --mechanize    use Test::WWW::Mechanize::Catalyst for tests if available
   --help         display this help and exits
 Examples:
   myapp_create.pl controller My::Controller
   myapp_create.pl controller My::Controller BindLex
   myapp_create.pl --mechanize controller My::Controller
   myapp_create.pl view My::View
   myapp_create.pl view MyView TT
   myapp_create.pl view TT TT
   myapp_create.pl model My::Model
   myapp_create.pl model SomeDB DBIC::Schema MyApp::Schema create=dynamic\
   dbi:SQLite:/tmp/my.db
   myapp_create.pl model AnotherDB DBIC::Schema MyApp::Schema create=static\
   dbi:Pg:dbname=foo root 4321
 See also:
   perldoc Catalyst::Manual
   perldoc Catalyst::Manual::Intro
```

## DESCRIPTION

Create a new Catalyst Component.

Existing component files are not overwritten.  If any of the component files to be created already exist the file will be written with a '.new' suffix. This behavior can be suppressed with the `"--force"` option.

## SEE ALSO

Catalyst::ScriptRunner

## AUTHORS

Catalyst Contributors, see Catalyst.pm

## COPYRIGHT

This library is free software, you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.