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NAME

Comparer::file_mtime - Compare file's mtime (modification time)

VERSION

This document describes version 0.002 of Comparer::file_mtime (from Perl distribution Comparer-file_mtime), released on 2024-09-19.

SYNOPSIS

use Comparer::from_sortkey;

my $cmp = Comparer::file_mtime::gen_comparer();
my @sorted = sort { $cmp->($a,$b) } "newest", "old", "new";
# => ("old","new","newest")

# reverse
$cmp = Comparer::file_mtime::gen_comparer(reverse => 1);
@sorted = sort { $cmp->($a,$b) } "newest", "old", "new";
# => ("newest","new","old")

A real-world usage example (requires CLI sort-by-comparer from App::sort_by_comparer):

# find directories named '*.git' that are newer than 7 days, and sort them by newest first
% find -maxdepth 1 -type d -name '*.git' -mtime -7 | sort-by-comparer file_mtime -r

DESCRIPTION

This comparer assumes the entries are filenames and will compare their modification time.

COMPARER ARGUMENTS

Bool, default true. If set to false, will use lstat() function instead of the default stat().

reverse

Bool.

HOMEPAGE

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

SOURCE

Source repository is at https://github.com/perlancar/perl-Comparer-file_mtime.

SEE ALSO

Sorter::file_mtime

SortKey::Num::file_by_mtime

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 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=Comparer-file_mtime

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.