Re^4: Find perl module version from command-line

I know this is kind of an old thread, but I was wondering if anyone has any code that will recursively go through a directory structure and find ALL the PERL modules and then print out the version. My Red Hat Linux distro has /usr/local/lib/perl5 and then the sub-dirs 5.8.5 and site_perl. How would I sweep through these two sub-dirs, find all the .pm files, for example, and then have it give me the VERSION if a VERSION variable exist in the .pm file? The reason I ask is I have 4 machines which I must compare VERSIONs on. So if I can get the output into 4 individual files I can easily import the data into a spreadsheet and compare. I have a small bash script that seems to work, but I'm looking for an efficient PERL method. I am just learning PERL i.e. I'm a few pages into the 5th ED. of the O'Reilly book, so the coding required is still a bit over my head, yet I have this task to complete for the boss man. Any help you can offer would be greatly appreciated.

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Re^5: Find perl module version from command-line by Corion (Patriarch) on Feb 21, 2012 at 13:34 UTC
How about `ack '^\s*\$VERSION'`? See App::ack. Also, instead of using Excel, you might want to use `sort` and `diff` to find the differences between the machines.	[reply] [d/l]
Re^6: Find perl module version from command-line by educated_foo (Vicar) on Feb 21, 2012 at 17:08 UTC
Or just `grep 'VERSION' $(find . -name \*.pm -type f)` [download] which uses standard Unix tools.	[reply] [d/l]
Re^6: Find perl module version from command-line by geelsu (Initiate) on Feb 21, 2012 at 14:42 UTC
Thanks. I will try and see if I can get that. App::Ack is not in my current PERL install. All I have in App is something called Prove. We have this weird convoluted process to get files from the Internet to the private systems.	[reply]
Re^7: Find perl module version from command-line by tobyink (Canon) on Feb 21, 2012 at 14:52 UTC
App:Prove is part of the Test-Harness suite. Test::Harness itself has been bundled with Perl since Perl 5.0 (i.e. almost 20 years), but the App::Prove module is a later addition (since Perl 5.10.1).	[reply]
Re^5: Find perl module version from command-line by geelsu (Initiate) on Feb 21, 2012 at 13:34 UTC
Umm, I thought I was logged in when I posted ^4 of this thread. So ^4 and ^5 are from user geelsu. Also, this PERL install is on a private network with no access to the Internet so I can even get to CPAN for example.	[reply]


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