OpaL::read(3pm)

NAME

OpaL::read - Perl extension for reading files and commands.

  use OpaL::read qw(functions);

No functions or variables are exported automaticly so you have to specify them here.

OpaL::read is used for reading files and commands.

All functions are autoloaded so they will not be loaded into memory if you have not used them before.

readfile

Reads the content of the specified file and returns a list with the all lines.

USAGE:
@foo = "readfile"($filename);

readfileline

Reads the first line of the specified file and returns a scalar with that line.

USAGE:
$foo = "readfileline"($filename);

readscalarfile

Reads the content of the specified file and returns a scalar with the entire content.

USAGE:
$foo = "readscalarfile"("filename");

readcommand

Reads the content from the output of the specified command and returns a list with the all lines.

USAGE:
@foo = "readcommand"("command");

readcommandline

Reads the first line from output of the specified command and returns a scalar with that line.

USAGE:
$foo = "readcommandline"("command)";

readscalarfile

Reads the content for the output of the specified file and returns a scalar with the entire content.

USAGE:
$foo = "readscalarcommand"($command);