Mojo::Command - Command Base Class

  # Camel case command name
  package Mojo::Command::Mycommand;

  # Subclass
  use Mojo::Base 'Mojo::Command';

  # Take care of command line options
  use Getopt::Long 'GetOptions';

  # Short description
  has description => <<'EOF';
  My first Mojo command.
  EOF

  # Short usage message
  has usage => <<"EOF";
  usage: $0 mycommand [OPTIONS]

  These options are available:
    --something   Does something.
  EOF

  # <suitable Futurama quote here>
  sub run {
    my $self = shift;

    # Handle options
    local @ARGV = @_ if @_;
    GetOptions('something' => sub { $something = 1 });

    # Magic here! :)
  }

Mojo::Command is an abstract base class for Mojo commands.

See Mojolicious::Commands for a list of commands that are available by default.

Mojo::Command implements the following attributes.

  my $description = $command->description;
  $command        = $command->description('Foo!');

Short description of command, used for the command list.

  my $hint  = $commands->hint;
  $commands = $commands->hint('Foo!');

Short hint shown after listing available commands.

  my $message = $commands->message;
  $commands   = $commands->message('Hello World!');

Short usage message shown before listing available commands.

  my $namespaces = $commands->namespaces;
  $commands      = $commands->namespaces(['Mojolicious::Commands']);

Namespaces to search for available commands, defaults to Mojo::Command.

  my $quiet = $command->quiet;
  $command  = $command->quiet(1);

Limited command output.

  my $usage = $command->usage;
  $command  = $command->usage('Foo!');

Usage information for command, used for the help screen.

Mojo::Command inherits all methods from Mojo::Base and implements the following new ones.

  $command = $command->chmod_file('/foo/bar.txt', 0644);

Portably change mode of a file.

  $command = $command->chmod_rel_file('foo/bar.txt', 0644);

Portably change mode of a relative file.

  my $file = $command->class_to_file('Foo::Bar');

Convert a class name to a file.

  FooBar -> foo_bar

  my $path = $command->class_to_path('Foo::Bar');

Convert class name to path.

  Foo::Bar -> Foo/Bar.pm

  $command = $command->create_dir('/foo/bar/baz');

Portably create a directory.

  $command = $command->create_rel_dir('foo/bar/baz');

Portably create a relative directory.

  my $env = $commands->detect;
  my $env = $commands->detect($guess);

Try to detect environment.

  my $all = $command->get_all_data;
  my $all = $command->get_all_data('Some::Class');

Extract all embedded files from the DATA section of a class.

  my $data = $command->get_data('foo_bar');
  my $data = $command->get_data('foo_bar', 'Some::Class');

Extract embedded file from the DATA section of a class.

  $command->help;

Print usage information for command.

  my $path = $command->rel_dir('foo/bar');

Portably generate an absolute path from a relative UNIX style path.

  my $path = $command->rel_file('foo/bar.txt');

Portably generate an absolute path from a relative UNIX style path.

  my $data = $command->render_data('foo_bar', @arguments);

Render a template from the DATA section of the command class.

  $command = $command->render_to_file('foo_bar', '/foo/bar.txt');

Render a template from the DATA section of the command class to a file.

  $command = $command->render_to_rel_file('foo_bar', 'foo/bar.txt');

Portably render a template from the DATA section of the command class to a relative file.

  $commands->run;
  $commands->run(@ARGV);

Load and run commands.

  Mojo::Command->start;
  Mojo::Command->start(@ARGV);

Start the command line interface.

  $command = $command->write_file('/foo/bar.txt', 'Hello World!');

Portably write text to a file.

  $command = $command->write_rel_file('foo/bar.txt', 'Hello World!');

Portably write text to a relative file.

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