OpenBSD::PkgSpec(3p) Perl Programmers Reference Guide OpenBSD::PkgSpec(3p) #

OpenBSD::PkgSpec(3p) Perl Programmers Reference Guide OpenBSD::PkgSpec(3p)

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 OpenBSD::PkgSpec - "packages-specs(7)" handling

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    use OpenBSD::Search; # which pulls in OpenBSD::PkgSpec when needed

    my $spec = OpenBSD::Search::PkgSpec->new($pattern);
    @sublist = $spec->filter(@list);

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 "OpenBSD::PkgSpec" is the canonical interface to "packages-specs(7)"
 handling.

 A package specification $pattern is a string that can be used to extract
 matching package names from a @list.  The resulting list @sublist will
 only hold the package names that match the specification.

 For performance reason, the result may contain duplicates.

 Note that any pattern will create a "PkgSpec" object. If the syntax is
 incorrect, the resulting object won't match anything. Use
 "$spec->is_valid" to check for correctness.

perl v5.36.3 2020-12-20 OpenBSD::PkgSpec(3p)