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6 File::Find::Rule::Procedural - File::Find::Rule's procedural interface
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9 use File::Find::Rule;
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11 # find all .pm files, procedurally
12 my @files = find(file => name => '*.pm', in => \@INC);
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15 In addition to the regular object-oriented interface, File::Find::Rule
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18 "find( @clauses )"
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21 the OO version. "rule" is a synonym for "find"
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23 Passing more than one value to a clause is done with an anonymous
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26 my $finder = find( name => [ '*.mp3', '*.ogg' ] );
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28 "find" and "rule" both return a File::Find::Rule instance, unless one
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32 my @files = find( name => [ '*.mp3', '*.ogg' ], in => $ENV{HOME} );
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34 Please note that "in" will be the last clause evaluated, and so this
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37 my @files = find( name => '*.mp3', in => $ENV{HOME}, size => '<2k' );
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40 Clause processing stopped here ------/
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42 It is also possible to invert a single rule by prefixing it with "!"
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52 Richard Clamp <richardc@unixbeard.net>
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55 Copyright (C) 2003 Richard Clamp. All Rights Reserved.
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57 This module is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
58 under the same terms as Perl itself.
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61 File::Find::Rule
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65perl v5.32.1 2021-01-27 File::Find::Rule::Procedural(3)