NAME IPC::System::Options - Perl's system() and readpipe/qx replacement, with options VERSION This document describes version 0.330 of IPC::System::Options (from Perl distribution IPC-System-Options), released on 2017-08-10. SYNOPSIS use IPC::System::Options qw(system readpipe run); # use exactly like system() system(...); # use exactly like readpipe() (a.k.a. qx a.k.a. `` a.k.a. the backtick operator) my $res = readpipe(...); $res = `...`; # but these functions accept an optional hash first argument to specify options system({...}, ...); readpipe({...}, ...); # run without shell, even though there is only one argument system({shell=>0}, "ls"); system({shell=>0}, "ls -lR"); # will fail, as there is no 'ls -lR' binary # force shell, even though there are multiple arguments (arguments will be # quoted for you, including proper quoting on Win32) system({shell=>1}, "ls", "-lR"); # set LC_ALL/LANGUAGE/LANG environment variable $res = readpipe({lang=>"de_DE.UTF-8"}, "df"); # log using Log::Any, die on failure system({log=>1, die=>1}, "blah", ...); # chdir first before running program (and chdir back afterwards) system({chdir => "/tmp", die => 1}, "some-program"); Set default options for all calls (prefix each option with dash): use IPC::System::Options 'system', 'readpipe', -log=>1, -die=>1; "run()" is like "system()" but uses IPC::Run's "run()" instead of "system()": run('ls'); # also accepts an optional hash first argument. some additional options that # run() accepts: stdin. run({capture_stdout => \$stdout, capture_stderr => \$stderr}, 'ls', '-l'); DESCRIPTION FUNCTIONS system([ \%opts ], @args) Just like perl's "system()" except that it accepts an optional hash first argument to specify options. Currently known options: * shell => bool Can be set to 0 to always avoid invoking the shell. The default is to use the shell under certain conditions, like perl's "system()". But unlike perl's "system()", you can force shell usage even though you pass multiple arguments (in which case, the arguments will be quoted for you, including proper quoting on Win32). * lang => str Temporarily set locale-related environment variables: "LC_ALL" (this is the highest precedence, even higher than the other "LC_*" variables including "LC_MESSAGES"), "LANGUAGE" (this is used in Linux, with precedence higher than "LANG" but lower than "LC_*"), and "LANG". Of course you can set the environment variables manually (or use the "env" option), this option is just for convenience. * env => hashref Temporarily set environment variables. * log => bool If set to true, then will log invocation as well as return/result value. Will log using Log::Any at the "trace" level. * die => bool If set to true, will die on failure. * capture_stdout => scalarref Capture stdout using Capture::Tiny. Cannot be used together with "tee_*" or "capture_merged". * capture_stderr => scalarref Capture stderr using Capture::Tiny. Cannot be used together with "tee_*" or "capture_merged". * capture_merged => scalarref Capture stdout and stderr in a single variable using Capture::Tiny's "capture_merged". Cannot be used together with "tee_*", "capture_stdout", or "capture_stderr". * tee_stdout => scalarref Tee stdout using Capture::Tiny. Cannot be used together with "capture_*" or "tee_merged". * tee_stderr => scalarref Capture stderr using Capture::Tiny. Cannot be used together with "capture_*" or "tee_merged". * tee_merged => scalarref Capture stdout and stderr in a single variable using Capture::Tiny's "capture_merged". Cannot be used together with "capture_*", "tee_stdout", or "tee_stderr". * chdir => str Attempt to change to specified directory first and change back to the original directory after the command has been run. This is a convenient option so you can do this kind of task in a single call: { my $cwd = getcwd(); chdir $dir or die; system(...); chdir $cwd or die; } If the attempt to chdir before command execution fails, will die if "die" option is set to true. Otherwise, $! (OS error) will be set to the "chdir()" error and to minimize surprise $? (child exit code) will also be set to non-zero value (-1) even though at this point no child process has been run. If the attempt to chdir back (after command execution) fails, will die if "die" option is set to true. Otherwise, $! will be set to the "chdir()" error and $? will be set to -1 only if $? is zero. So if the command fails, $? will contain the exit code of the command. * dry_run => bool If set to true, then will only display what would be executed to STDERR (or log at "warn" level, if "log" option is true) instead of actually executing the command. Will set $? (child exit code) to 0. An example of how this option can be used: system({ dry_run => $ENV{DRY_RUN} }, ...); This will allow you to run script in dry-run mode by setting environment variable. readpipe([ \%opts ], @args) Just like perl's "readpipe()" (a.k.a. "qx()" a.k.a. `` a.k.a. the backtick operator) except that it accepts an optional hash first argument to specify options. And it can accept multiple arguments (in which case, the arguments will be quoted for you, including proper quoting on Win32). Known options: * lang => str See option documentation in "system()". * env => hash See option documentation in "system()". * log => bool See option documentation in "system()". * die => bool See option documentation in "system()". * capture_stdout => scalarref See option documentation in "system()". * capture_stderr => scalarref See option documentation in "system()". * capture_merged => scalarref See option documentation in "system()". * tee_stdout => scalarref See option documentation in "system()". * tee_stderr => scalarref See option documentation in "system()". * tee_merged => scalarref See option documentation in "system()". * max_log_output => int If set, will limit result length being logged. It's a good idea to set this (e.g. to 1024) if you expect some command to return large output. * chdir => str See option documentation in "system()". * dry_run => bool See option documentation in "system()". run([ \%opts ], @args) Like "system()", but uses IPC::Run's "run()". Known options: * lang => str See option documentation in "system()". * env => hash See option documentation in "system()". * log => bool See option documentation in "system()". * die => bool See option documentation in "system()". * capture_stdout => scalarref See option documentation in "system()". * capture_stderr => scalarref See option documentation in "system()". * capture_merged => scalarref See option documentation in "system()". * tee_stdout => scalarref See option documentation in "system()". * tee_stderr => scalarref See option documentation in "system()". * tee_merged => scalarref See option documentation in "system()". * stdin => scalar Supply standard input. * chdir => str See option documentation in "system()". * dry_run => bool See option documentation in "system()". HOMEPAGE Please visit the project's homepage at . SOURCE Source repository is at . BUGS Please report any bugs or feature requests on the bugtracker website When submitting a bug or request, please include a test-file or a patch to an existing test-file that illustrates the bug or desired feature. AUTHOR perlancar COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE This software is copyright (c) 2017, 2016, 2015 by perlancar@cpan.org. This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as the Perl 5 programming language system itself.