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NAME

App::sort_by_spec - Sort lines of text by spec

VERSION

This document describes version 0.004 of App::sort_by_spec (from Perl distribution App-sort_by_spec), released on 2024-03-06.

FUNCTIONS

sort_by_spec

Usage:

 sort_by_spec(%args) -> [$status_code, $reason, $payload, \%result_meta]

Sort lines of text by spec.

This utility lets you sort lines of text "by spec". Sorting by spec in an advanced form of sorting by example. In addition to specifying example strings, you can also specify regexes or Perl sorter codes. For more details, see the sorting backend module Sort::BySpec.

To specify a regex on the command-line, use one of these forms:

 /.../
 qr(...)

and to specify Perl code on the command-line, use this form:

 sub { ... }

This function is not exported.

Arguments ('*' denotes required arguments):

  • dereference_recursive => true

    Read all files under each directory, recursively, following all symbolic links, unlike -r.

  • files => array[filename]

    (No description)

  • ignore_case => bool

    If set to true, will search case-insensitively.

  • recursive => true

    Read all files under each directory, recursively, following symbolic links only if they are on the command line.

  • reverse => bool

    Reverse sort order.

  • specs* => array[str_or_re_or_code]

    (No description)

Returns an enveloped result (an array).

First element ($status_code) is an integer containing HTTP-like status code (200 means OK, 4xx caller error, 5xx function error). Second element ($reason) is a string containing error message, or something like "OK" if status is 200. Third element ($payload) is the actual result, but usually not present when enveloped result is an error response ($status_code is not 2xx). Fourth element (%result_meta) is called result metadata and is optional, a hash that contains extra information, much like how HTTP response headers provide additional metadata.

Return value: (any)

HOMEPAGE

Please visit the project's homepage at https://metacpan.org/release/App-sort_by_spec.

SOURCE

Source repository is at https://github.com/perlancar/perl-App-sort_by_spec.

SEE ALSO

Sort::BySpec.

App::sort_by_example.

AUTHOR

perlancar <perlancar@cpan.org>

CONTRIBUTING

To contribute, you can send patches by email/via RT, or send pull requests on GitHub.

Most of the time, you don't need to build the distribution yourself. You can simply modify the code, then test via:

 % prove -l

If you want to build the distribution (e.g. to try to install it locally on your system), you can install Dist::Zilla, Dist::Zilla::PluginBundle::Author::PERLANCAR, Pod::Weaver::PluginBundle::Author::PERLANCAR, and sometimes one or two other Dist::Zilla- and/or Pod::Weaver plugins. Any additional steps required beyond that are considered a bug and can be reported to me.

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

This software is copyright (c) 2024, 2023 by perlancar <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.

BUGS

Please report any bugs or feature requests on the bugtracker website https://rt.cpan.org/Public/Dist/Display.html?Name=App-sort_by_spec

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.