NAME

PerlIO::via::Pipe - PerlIO layer to filter input through a Text::Pipe

SYNOPSIS

    use PerlIO::via::Pipe 'set_io_pioe';
    use Text::Pipe 'pipe';

    my $pipe = pipe(...) | pipe(...);

    open my $file, '<:via(Pipe)', 'foo.txt'
        or die "can't open foo.txt $!\n";

DESCRIPTION

This package implements a PerlIO layer for reading files only. It exports, on request, a function set_io_pipe that you can use to set a Text::Pipe pipe. If you then use the Pipe layer as shown in the synopsis, the input gets filtered through the pipe.

TAGS

If you talk about this module in blogs, on del.icio.us or anywhere else, please use the perlioviapipe tag.

VERSION

This document describes version 0.01 of PerlIO::via::Pipe.

BUGS AND LIMITATIONS

No bugs have been reported.

Please report any bugs or feature requests to <bug-perlio-via-pipe@rt.cpan.org>, or through the web interface at http://rt.cpan.org.

INSTALLATION

See perlmodinstall for information and options on installing Perl modules.

AVAILABILITY

The latest version of this module is available from the Comprehensive Perl Archive Network (CPAN). Visit <http://www.perl.com/CPAN/> to find a CPAN site near you. Or see <http://www.perl.com/CPAN/authors/id/M/MA/MARCEL/>.

AUTHOR

Marcel Grünauer, <marcel@cpan.org>

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

Copyright 2007 by Marcel Grünauer

This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.