CPAN::Nearest - find the nearest module to a given name.
use CPAN::Nearest 'search'; my $module = search ('02package.details.txt', 'Lingua::Stop::Wars'); # Now $module = "Lingua::StopWords";
my $close_name = search ($file, $module_name);
Search the package detail file $file for a module named $module_name and return the closest name. E.g. if you search for "Harry::Potter", the closest module is "Data::Lotter".
$file
$module_name
The file specified by the first argument, $file in the example, is usually found at ~/.cpan/sources/modules/02packages.details.txt.gz on a Unix-like system. This may be specified as the file name. To retrieve the results faster, specify an uncompressed version of this file.
Ben Bullock, <bkb@cpan.org>
This package and associated files are copyright (C) 2012 Ben Bullock.
You can use, copy, modify and redistribute this package and associated files under the Perl Artistic Licence or the GNU General Public Licence.
To install CPAN::Nearest, copy and paste the appropriate command in to your terminal.
cpanm
cpanm CPAN::Nearest
CPAN shell
perl -MCPAN -e shell install CPAN::Nearest
For more information on module installation, please visit the detailed CPAN module installation guide.