SYNOPSIS

     # the a/f/l/c prefix determines whether function accepts
     # arrayref/file(handle)/list/callback as input. the a/f/l/c suffix determines
     # whether function returns an array, a list, a filehandle, or calls a callback.
     # If filehandle is chosen as output, a child process is forked to process input
     # as requested.
    
     use Data::Unixish qw(
                           aduxa cduxa fduxa lduxa
                           aduxc cduxc fduxc lduxc
                           aduxf cduxf fduxf lduxf
                           aduxl cduxl fduxl lduxl
                           siduxs
     ); # or you can use :all to export all functions
    
     # apply function, without argument
     my @out = lduxl('sort', 7, 2, 4, 1);  # => (1, 2, 4, 7)
     my $out = lduxa('uc', "a", "b", "c"); # => ["A", "B", "C"]
     my $res = fduxl('wc', "file.txt");    # => "12\n234\n2093" # like wc's output
    
     # apply function, with some arguments
     my $fh = fduxf([trunc => {width=>80, ansi=>1, mb=>1}], \*STDIN);
     say while <$fh>;
    
     # apply function to a single item, function must be itemfunc
     my $res = duxitem(, $item);
    
     # apply function to multiple items, function must be itemfunc
     my @res = aduxitem(, $item1, $item2, $item3);

DESCRIPTION

    This distribution implements Unixish, a data transformation framework
    inspired by Unix toolbox philosophy.

FUNCTIONS

    The functions are not exported by default. They can be exported
    individually or altogether using export tag :all.

 aduxa($func, \@input) => ARRAYREF

 aduxc($func, $callback, \@input)

 aduxf($func, \@input) => FILEHANDLE

 aduxl($func, \@input) => LIST (OR SCALAR)

    The adux* functions accept an arrayref as input. $func is a string
    containing dux function name (if no arguments to the dux function is to
    be supplied), or [$func, \%args] to supply arguments to the dux
    function. Dux function name corresponds to module names
    Data::Unixish::NAME without the prefix.

    The *duxc functions will call the callback repeatedly with every output
    item.

    The *duxf functions returns filehandle immediately. A child process is
    forked, and dux function is run in the child process. You read output
    as lines from the returned filehandle. (Currently not yet supported on
    Windows due to no support for open '-|').

    The *duxl functions returns result as list. It can be evaluated in
    scalar to return only the first element of the list. However, the whole
    list will be calculated first. Use *duxf for streaming interface.

 cduxa($func, $icallback) => ARRAYREF

 cduxc($func, $icallback, $ocallback)

 cduxf($func, $icallback) => FILEHANDLE

 cduxl($func, $icallback) => LIST (OR SCALAR)

    The cdux* functions accepts a callback ($icallback) to get input
    elements from. Input callback function should return a list of one or
    more elements, or an empty list to signal end of stream.

    An example:

     cduxa($func, sub {
         state $a = [1,2,3,4];
         if (@$a) {
             return shift(@$a);
         } else {
             return ();
         }
     });

 fduxa($func, $file_or_handle, @args) => ARRAYREF

 fduxc($func, $callback, $file_or_handle, @args)

 fduxf($func, $file_or_handle, @args) => FILEHANDLE

 fduxl($func, $file_or_handle, @args) => LIST

    The fdux* functions accepts filename or filehandle. @args is optional
    and will be passed to Tie::File. Currently not yet supported on
    Windows.

 lduxa($func, @input) => ARRAYREF

 lduxc($func, $callback, @input)

 lduxf($func, @input) => FILEHANDLE

 lduxl($func, @input) => LIST

    The ldux* functions accepts list as input.

 siduxs($func, $item) => $res

 aiduxa($func, \@items) => ARRAYREF

 aiduxl($func, \@items) => LIST

 liduxa($func, @items) => ARRAYREF

 liduxl($func, @items) => LIST

    The *idux* functions apply dux function on single item(s). Only dux
    functions tagged with itemfunc can be used. These functions can operate
    on a single item and return a single result. Examples of itemfunc
    functions are uc, lc, sprintf. Examples of non-itemfunc functions are
    head, tail, wc.

    The *idux* functions can be useful if you want to call a dux function
    from another dux function for each item. For example, see
    Data::Unixish::condapply.

FAQ

 I'm getting "Use of uninitialized value in push at lib/Data/Unixish/XXX.pm
 line XX." messages!

    This looks like a bug in perl 5.10.1 or earlier. Try upgrading to perl
    5.12 or later.

 How do I use the diamond operator as input?

    You can use Tie::Diamond, e.g.:

     use Tie::Diamond;
     tie my(@in), "Tie::Diamond";
     my $out = aduxa($func, \@in);

    Also see the dux command-line utility in the App::dux distribution
    which allows you to access dux function from the command-line.

SEE ALSO

    Unixish

    dux script in App::dux