PMVERS

NAME

pmvers − print out a module’s version

DESCRIPTION

Given one or more module names, show the version number if present. If more than one argument is given, the name of the module will also be printed. Not all modules define version numbers, however.

EXAMPLES

    $ pmvers CGI
    2.46
    $ pmvers IO::Socket Text::Parsewords
    IO::Socket: 1.25
    Text::ParseWords: 3.1
    $ oldperl −S pmvers CGI
    2.42
    $ filsperl −S pmvers CGI
    2.46

    $ pmvers Devel::Loaded
    pmvers: unknown version for module ‘Devel::Loaded’

h=ead1 SEE ALSO

pmdesc(1), pmpath(1), pmcat(1).

AUTHOR and COPYRIGHT

Copyright (c) 1999 Tom Christiansen

This is free software. You may modify it and distribute it under Perl’s Artistic Licence. Modified versions must be clearly indicated.