File::Find::Rule - Alternative interface to File::Find


File-Find-Rule documentation Contained in the File-Find-Rule distribution.

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NAME

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File::Find::Rule - Alternative interface to File::Find

SYNOPSIS

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  use File::Find::Rule;
  # find all the subdirectories of a given directory
  my @subdirs = File::Find::Rule->directory->in( $directory );

  # find all the .pm files in @INC
  my @files = File::Find::Rule->file()
                              ->name( '*.pm' )
                              ->in( @INC );

  # as above, but without method chaining
  my $rule =  File::Find::Rule->new;
  $rule->file;
  $rule->name( '*.pm' );
  my @files = $rule->in( @INC );

DESCRIPTION

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File::Find::Rule is a friendlier interface to File::Find. It allows you to build rules which specify the desired files and directories.

METHODS

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new

A constructor. You need not invoke new manually unless you wish to, as each of the rule-making methods will auto-create a suitable object if called as class methods.

Matching Rules

name( @patterns )

Specifies names that should match. May be globs or regular expressions.

 $set->name( '*.mp3', '*.ogg' ); # mp3s or oggs
 $set->name( qr/\.(mp3|ogg)$/ ); # the same as a regex
 $set->name( 'foo.bar' );        # just things named foo.bar

-X tests

Synonyms are provided for each of the -X tests. See -X in perlfunc for details. None of these methods take arguments.

  Test | Method               Test |  Method
 ------|-------------        ------|----------------
   -r  |  readable             -R  |  r_readable
   -w  |  writeable            -W  |  r_writeable
   -w  |  writable             -W  |  r_writable
   -x  |  executable           -X  |  r_executable
   -o  |  owned                -O  |  r_owned
       |                           |
   -e  |  exists               -f  |  file
   -z  |  empty                -d  |  directory
   -s  |  nonempty             -l  |  symlink
       |                       -p  |  fifo
   -u  |  setuid               -S  |  socket
   -g  |  setgid               -b  |  block
   -k  |  sticky               -c  |  character
       |                       -t  |  tty
   -M  |  modified                 |
   -A  |  accessed             -T  |  ascii
   -C  |  changed              -B  |  binary

Though some tests are fairly meaningless as binary flags (modified, accessed, changed), they have been included for completeness.

 # find nonempty files
 $rule->file,
      ->nonempty;

stat tests

The following stat based methods are provided: dev, ino, mode, nlink, uid, gid, rdev, size, atime, mtime, ctime, blksize, and blocks. See stat in perlfunc for details.

Each of these can take a number of targets, which will follow Number::Compare semantics.

 $rule->size( 7 );         # exactly 7
 $rule->size( ">7Ki" );    # larger than 7 * 1024 * 1024 bytes
 $rule->size( ">=7" )
      ->size( "<=90" );    # between 7 and 90, inclusive
 $rule->size( 7, 9, 42 );  # 7, 9 or 42

any( @rules )
or( @rules )

Allows shortcircuiting boolean evaluation as an alternative to the default and-like nature of combined rules. any and or are interchangeable.

 # find avis, movs, things over 200M and empty files
 $rule->any( File::Find::Rule->name( '*.avi', '*.mov' ),
             File::Find::Rule->size( '>200M' ),
             File::Find::Rule->file->empty,
           );

none( @rules )
not( @rules )

Negates a rule. (The inverse of any.) none and not are interchangeable.

  # files that aren't 8.3 safe
  $rule->file
       ->not( $rule->new->name( qr/^[^.]{1,8}(\.[^.]{0,3})?$/ ) );

prune

Traverse no further. This rule always matches.

discard

Don't keep this file. This rule always matches.

exec( \&subroutine( $shortname, $path, $fullname ) )

Allows user-defined rules. Your subroutine will be invoked with $_ set to the current short name, and with parameters of the name, the path you're in, and the full relative filename.

Return a true value if your rule matched.

 # get things with long names
 $rules->exec( sub { length > 20 } );

grep( @specifiers )

Opens a file and tests it each line at a time.

For each line it evaluates each of the specifiers, stopping at the first successful match. A specifier may be a regular expression or a subroutine. The subroutine will be invoked with the same parameters as an ->exec subroutine.

It is possible to provide a set of negative specifiers by enclosing them in anonymous arrays. Should a negative specifier match the iteration is aborted and the clause is failed. For example:

 $rule->grep( qr/^#!.*\bperl/, [ sub { 1 } ] );

Is a passing clause if the first line of a file looks like a perl shebang line.

maxdepth( $level )

Descend at most $level (a non-negative integer) levels of directories below the starting point.

May be invoked many times per rule, but only the most recent value is used.

mindepth( $level )

Do not apply any tests at levels less than $level (a non-negative integer).

extras( \%extras )

Specifies extra values to pass through to File::File::find as part of the options hash.

For example this allows you to specify following of symlinks like so:

 my $rule = File::Find::Rule->extras({ follow => 1 });

May be invoked many times per rule, but only the most recent value is used.

relative

Trim the leading portion of any path found

not_*

Negated version of the rule. An effective shortand related to ! in the procedural interface.

 $foo->not_name('*.pl');

 $foo->not( $foo->new->name('*.pl' ) );

Query Methods

in( @directories )

Evaluates the rule, returns a list of paths to matching files and directories.

start( @directories )

Starts a find across the specified directories. Matching items may then be queried using match. This allows you to use a rule as an iterator.

 my $rule = File::Find::Rule->file->name("*.jpeg")->start( "/web" );
 while ( defined ( my $image = $rule->match ) ) {
     ...
 }

match

Returns the next file which matches, false if there are no more.

Extensions

Extension modules are available from CPAN in the File::Find::Rule namespace. In order to use these extensions either use them directly:

 use File::Find::Rule::ImageSize;
 use File::Find::Rule::MMagic;

 # now your rules can use the clauses supplied by the ImageSize and
 # MMagic extension

or, specify that File::Find::Rule should load them for you:

 use File::Find::Rule qw( :ImageSize :MMagic );

For notes on implementing your own extensions, consult File::Find::Rule::Extending

Further examples

Finding perl scripts
 my $finder = File::Find::Rule->or
  (
   File::Find::Rule->name( '*.pl' ),
   File::Find::Rule->exec(
                          sub {
                              if (open my $fh, $_) {
                                  my $shebang = <$fh>;
                                  close $fh;
                                  return $shebang =~ /^#!.*\bperl/;
                              }
                              return 0;
                          } ),
  );

Based upon this message http://use.perl.org/comments.pl?sid=7052&cid=10842

ignore CVS directories
 my $rule = File::Find::Rule->new;
 $rule->or($rule->new
                ->directory
                ->name('CVS')
                ->prune
                ->discard,
           $rule->new);

Note here the use of a null rule. Null rules match anything they see, so the effect is to match (and discard) directories called 'CVS' or to match anything.

TWO FOR THE PRICE OF ONE

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File::Find::Rule also gives you a procedural interface. This is documented in File::Find::Rule::Procedural

EXPORTS

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find, rule

TAINT MODE INTERACTION

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As of 0.32 File::Find::Rule doesn't capture the current working directory in a taint-unsafe manner. File::Find itself still does operations that the taint system will flag as insecure but you can use the extras feature to ask File::Find to internally untaint file paths with a regex like so:

    my $rule = File::Find::Rule->extras({ untaint => 1 });

Please consult File::Find's documentation for untaint, untaint_pattern, and untaint_skip for more information.

BUGS

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The code makes use of the our keyword and as such requires perl version 5.6.0 or newer.

Currently it isn't possible to remove a clause from a rule object. If this becomes a significant issue it will be addressed.

AUTHOR

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Richard Clamp <richardc@unixbeard.net> with input gained from this use.perl discussion: http://use.perl.org/~richardc/journal/6467

Additional proofreading and input provided by Kake, Greg McCarroll, and Andy Lester andy@petdance.com.

COPYRIGHT

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SEE ALSO

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File::Find, Text::Glob, Number::Compare, find(1)

If you want to know about the procedural interface, see File::Find::Rule::Procedural, and if you have an idea for a neat extension File::Find::Rule::Extending


File-Find-Rule documentation Contained in the File-Find-Rule distribution.
#       $Id$

package File::Find::Rule;
use strict;
use File::Spec;
use Text::Glob 'glob_to_regex';
use Number::Compare;
use Carp qw/croak/;
use File::Find (); # we're only wrapping for now

our $VERSION = '0.32';

# we'd just inherit from Exporter, but I want the colon
sub import {
    my $pkg = shift;
    my $to  = caller;
    for my $sym ( qw( find rule ) ) {
        no strict 'refs';
        *{"$to\::$sym"} = \&{$sym};
    }
    for (grep /^:/, @_) {
        my ($extension) = /^:(.*)/;
        eval "require File::Find::Rule::$extension";
        croak "couldn't bootstrap File::Find::Rule::$extension: $@" if $@;
    }
}

# the procedural shim

*rule = \&find;
sub find {
    my $object = __PACKAGE__->new();
    my $not = 0;

    while (@_) {
        my $method = shift;
        my @args;

        if ($method =~ s/^\!//) {
            # jinkies, we're really negating this
            unshift @_, $method;
            $not = 1;
            next;
        }
        unless (defined prototype $method) {
            my $args = shift;
            @args = ref $args eq 'ARRAY' ? @$args : $args;
        }
        if ($not) {
            $not = 0;
            @args = $object->new->$method(@args);
            $method = "not";
        }

        my @return = $object->$method(@args);
        return @return if $method eq 'in';
    }
    $object;
}


sub new {
    my $referent = shift;
    my $class = ref $referent || $referent;
    bless {
        rules    => [],
        subs     => {},
        iterator => [],
        extras   => {},
        maxdepth => undef,
        mindepth => undef,
    }, $class;
}

sub _force_object {
    my $object = shift;
    $object = $object->new()
      unless ref $object;
    $object;
}

sub _flatten {
    my @flat;
    while (@_) {
        my $item = shift;
        ref $item eq 'ARRAY' ? push @_, @{ $item } : push @flat, $item;
    }
    return @flat;
}

sub name {
    my $self = _force_object shift;
    my @names = map { ref $_ eq "Regexp" ? $_ : glob_to_regex $_ } _flatten( @_ );

    push @{ $self->{rules} }, {
        rule => 'name',
        code => join( ' || ', map { "m($_)" } @names ),
        args => \@_,
    };

    $self;
}

use vars qw( %X_tests );
%X_tests = (
    -r  =>  readable           =>  -R  =>  r_readable      =>
    -w  =>  writeable          =>  -W  =>  r_writeable     =>
    -w  =>  writable           =>  -W  =>  r_writable      =>
    -x  =>  executable         =>  -X  =>  r_executable    =>
    -o  =>  owned              =>  -O  =>  r_owned         =>

    -e  =>  exists             =>  -f  =>  file            =>
    -z  =>  empty              =>  -d  =>  directory       =>
    -s  =>  nonempty           =>  -l  =>  symlink         =>
                               =>  -p  =>  fifo            =>
    -u  =>  setuid             =>  -S  =>  socket          =>
    -g  =>  setgid             =>  -b  =>  block           =>
    -k  =>  sticky             =>  -c  =>  character       =>
                               =>  -t  =>  tty             =>
    -M  =>  modified                                       =>
    -A  =>  accessed           =>  -T  =>  ascii           =>
    -C  =>  changed            =>  -B  =>  binary          =>
   );

for my $test (keys %X_tests) {
    my $sub = eval 'sub () {
                my $self = _force_object shift;
                push @{ $self->{rules} }, {
                        code => "' . $test . ' \$_",
                        rule => "'.$X_tests{$test}.'",
                };
                $self;
        } ';
    no strict 'refs';
    *{ $X_tests{$test} } = $sub;
}


use vars qw( @stat_tests );
@stat_tests = qw( dev ino mode nlink uid gid rdev
                  size atime mtime ctime blksize blocks );
{
    my $i = 0;
    for my $test (@stat_tests) {
        my $index = $i++; # to close over
        my $sub = sub {
            my $self = _force_object shift;

            my @tests = map { Number::Compare->parse_to_perl($_) } @_;

            push @{ $self->{rules} }, {
                rule => $test,
                args => \@_,
                code => 'do { my $val = (stat $_)['.$index.'] || 0;'.
                  join ('||', map { "(\$val $_)" } @tests ).' }',
            };
            $self;
        };
        no strict 'refs';
        *$test = $sub;
    }
}

sub any {
    my $self = _force_object shift;
    # compile all the subrules to code fragments
    push @{ $self->{rules} }, {
        rule => "any",
        code => '(' . join( ' || ', map '( ' . $_->_compile . ' )', @_ ). ')',
        args => \@_,
    };
    
    # merge all the subs hashes of the kids into ourself
    %{ $self->{subs} } = map { %{ $_->{subs} } } $self, @_;
    $self;
}

*or = \&any;

sub not {
    my $self = _force_object shift;

    push @{ $self->{rules} }, {
        rule => 'not',
        args => \@_,
        code => '(' . join ( ' && ', map { "!(". $_->_compile . ")" } @_ ) . ")",
    };
    
    # merge all the subs hashes into us
    %{ $self->{subs} } = map { %{ $_->{subs} } } $self, @_;
    $self;
}

*none = \&not;

sub prune () {
    my $self = _force_object shift;

    push @{ $self->{rules} },
      {
       rule => 'prune',
       code => '$File::Find::prune = 1'
      };
    $self;
}

sub discard () {
    my $self = _force_object shift;

    push @{ $self->{rules} }, {
        rule => 'discard',
        code => '$discarded = 1',
    };
    $self;
}

sub exec {
    my $self = _force_object shift;
    my $code = shift;

    push @{ $self->{rules} }, {
        rule => 'exec',
        code => $code,
    };
    $self;
}

sub grep {
    my $self = _force_object shift;
    my @pattern = map {
        ref $_
          ? ref $_ eq 'ARRAY'
            ? map { [ ( ref $_ ? $_ : qr/$_/ ) => 0 ] } @$_
            : [ $_ => 1 ]
          : [ qr/$_/ => 1 ]
      } @_;

    $self->exec( sub {
        local *FILE;
        open FILE, $_ or return;
        local ($_, $.);
        while (<FILE>) {
            for my $p (@pattern) {
                my ($rule, $ret) = @$p;
                return $ret
                  if ref $rule eq 'Regexp'
                    ? /$rule/
                      : $rule->(@_);
            }
        }
        return;
    } );
}

for my $setter (qw( maxdepth mindepth extras )) {
    my $sub = sub {
        my $self = _force_object shift;
        $self->{$setter} = shift;
        $self;
    };
    no strict 'refs';
    *$setter = $sub;
}


sub relative () {
    my $self = _force_object shift;
    $self->{relative} = 1;
    $self;
}

sub DESTROY {}
sub AUTOLOAD {
    our $AUTOLOAD;
    $AUTOLOAD =~ /::not_([^:]*)$/
      or croak "Can't locate method $AUTOLOAD";
    my $method = $1;

    my $sub = sub {
        my $self = _force_object shift;
        $self->not( $self->new->$method(@_) );
    };
    {
        no strict 'refs';
        *$AUTOLOAD = $sub;
    }
    &$sub;
}

sub in {
    my $self = _force_object shift;

    my @found;
    my $fragment = $self->_compile;
    my %subs = %{ $self->{subs} };

    warn "relative mode handed multiple paths - that's a bit silly\n"
      if $self->{relative} && @_ > 1;

    my $topdir;
    my $code = 'sub {
                (my $path = $File::Find::name)  =~ s#^(?:\./+)+##;
                my @args = ($_, $File::Find::dir, $path);
                my $maxdepth = $self->{maxdepth};
                my $mindepth = $self->{mindepth};
                my $relative = $self->{relative};

                # figure out the relative path and depth
                my $relpath = $File::Find::name;
                $relpath =~ s{^\Q$topdir\E/?}{};
                my $depth = scalar File::Spec->splitdir($relpath);
                #print "name: \'$File::Find::name\' ";
                #print "relpath: \'$relpath\' depth: $depth relative: $relative\n";

                defined $maxdepth && $depth >= $maxdepth
                      and $File::Find::prune = 1;

                defined $mindepth && $depth < $mindepth
                      and return;

                #print "Testing \'$_\'\n";

                my $discarded;
                return unless ' . $fragment . ';
                return if $discarded;
                if ($relative) {
                        push @found, $relpath if $relpath ne "";
                }
                else {
                        push @found, $path;
                }
        }';

    #use Data::Dumper;
    #print Dumper \%subs;
    #warn "Compiled sub: '$code'\n";

    my $sub = eval "$code" or die "compile error '$code' $@";
    for my $path (@_) {
        # $topdir is used for relative and maxdepth
        $topdir = $path;
        # slice off the trailing slash if there is one (the
        # maxdepth/mindepth code is fussy)
        $topdir =~ s{/?$}{}
          unless $topdir eq '/';
        $self->_call_find( { %{ $self->{extras} }, wanted => $sub }, $path );
    }

    return @found;
}

sub _call_find {
    my $self = shift;
    File::Find::find( @_ );
}

sub _compile {
    my $self = shift;

    return '1' unless @{ $self->{rules} };
    my $code = join " && ", map {
        if (ref $_->{code}) {
            my $key = "$_->{code}";
            $self->{subs}{$key} = $_->{code};
            "\$subs{'$key'}->(\@args) # $_->{rule}\n";
        }
        else {
            "( $_->{code} ) # $_->{rule}\n";
        }
    } @{ $self->{rules} };

    #warn $code;
    return $code;
}

sub start {
    my $self = _force_object shift;

    $self->{iterator} = [ $self->in( @_ ) ];
    $self;
}

sub match {
    my $self = _force_object shift;

    return shift @{ $self->{iterator} };
}

1;

__END__

Implementation notes:

$self->rules is an array of hashrefs.  it may be a code fragment or a call
to a subroutine.

Anonymous subroutines are stored in the $self->subs hashref keyed on the
stringfied version of the coderef.

When one File::Find::Rule object is combined with another, such as in the any
and not operations, this entire hash is merged.

The _compile method walks the rules element and simply glues the code
fragments together so they can be compiled into an anyonymous File::Find
match sub for speed


[*] There's probably a win to be made with the current model in making
stat calls use C<_>.  For

  find( file => size => "> 20M" => size => "< 400M" );

up to 3 stats will happen for each candidate.  Adding a priming _
would be a bit blind if the first operation was C< name => 'foo' >,
since that can be tested by a single regex.  Simply checking what the
next type of operation doesn't work since any arbritary exec sub may
or may not stat.  Potentially worse, they could stat something else
like so:

  # extract from the worlds stupidest make(1)
  find( exec => sub { my $f = $_; $f =~ s/\.c$/.o/ && !-e $f } );

Maybe the best way is to treat C<_> as invalid after calling an exec,
and doc that C<_> will only be meaningful after stat and -X tests if
they're wanted in exec blocks.