NAME

       V - Print version of the specified module(s).

SYNOPSIS

           $ perl -MV=V

       or if you want more than one

           $ perl -MV=CPAN,V

       Can now also be used as a light-weight module for getting versions of modules without loading them:

           require V;
           printf "%s has version '%s'\n", "V", V::get_version( "V" );

       Starting with version 0.17, V will show all "package"s or "class"es in a file that have a version. If one
       wants to see all packages/classes from that file, set the environment variable "PERL_V_SHOW_ALL" to a
       true value.

       If you want all available files/versions from @INC:

           require V;
           my @all_V = V::Module::Info->all_installed("V");
           printf "%s:\n", $all_V[0]->name;
           for my $file (@all_V) {
               my ($versions) = $file->version; # Must be list context
               if (@$versions > 1) {
                   printf "\t%s:\n", $file->name;
                   for my $ver (@versions) {
                       print "\t    %-30s: %s\n", $ver->{pkg}, $ver->{version};
                   }
               }
               else {
                   printf "\t%-50s - %s\n", $file->file, $versions->[0]{version};
               }
           }

       Each element in that array isa "V::Module::Info" object with 3 attributes and a method:

       attribute name
           The package name.

       attribute file
           Full filename with directory.

       attribute dir
           The base directory (from @INC) where the package-file was found.

       method version
           This  method  will  look  through the file to see if it can find a version assignment in the file and
           uses that to determine the version. As of version 0.13_01, all versions found are passed through  the
           version module.

           As of version 0.16_03 we look for all types of version declaration:

               package Foo;
               our $VERSION = 0.42;

           and

               package Foo 0.42;

           and

               package Foo 0.42 { ... }

           Not  only  do  we  look for the "package" keyword, but also for "class".  In list context this method
           will return an arrayref to a list of structures:

           pkg     The name of the "package"/"class".

           version The version for that "package"/"class". (Can be absent if $PERL_V_SHOW_ALL is true.)

           ord     The ordinal number of occurrence in the file.

DESCRIPTION

       This module uses stolen code from Module::Info  to  find  the  location  and  version  of  the  specified
       module(s). It prints them and exit()s.

       It  defines  import()  and  is  based  on an idea from Michael Schwern on the perl5-porters list. See the
       discussion:

         https://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl5.porters/2002/01/msg51007.html

   V::get_version($pkg)
       Returns the version of the first available file for this package as found by following @INC.

       Arguments

       1. $pkg
           The name of the package for which one wants to know the version.

       Response

       This V::get_version() returns the version of the file that was first found for this package by  following
       @INC or "undef" if no file was found.

AUTHOR

       Abe Timmerman "<abeltje@cpan.org>".

COPYRIGHT & LICENSE

       Copyright 2002-2006 Abe Timmerman, All Rights Reserved.

       This  library  is  free  software;  you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl
       itself.

       This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY  WARRANTY;  without  even
       the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

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