App::FirefoxUtils - Utilities related to Firefox
This document describes version 0.007 of App::FirefoxUtils (from Perl distribution App-FirefoxUtils), released on 2019-12-10.
This distribution includes several utilities related to Firefox:
firefox-is-paused
kill-firefox
pause-firefox
ps-firefox
terminate-firefox
unpause-firefox
Usage:
firefox_is_paused(%args) -> [status, msg, payload, meta]
Check whether Firefox is paused.
Firefox is defined as paused if all of its processes are in 'stop' state.
This function is not exported.
Arguments ('*' denotes required arguments):
quiet => true
users => array[unix::local_uid]
Kill browser processes that belong to certain user(s) only.
Returns an enveloped result (an array).
First element (status) is an integer containing HTTP status code (200 means OK, 4xx caller error, 5xx function error). Second element (msg) is a string containing error message, or 'OK' if status is 200. Third element (payload) is optional, the actual result. Fourth element (meta) is called result metadata and is optional, a hash that contains extra information.
Return value: (any)
pause_firefox(%args) -> [status, msg, payload, meta]
Pause (kill -STOP) Firefox.
A modern browser now runs complex web pages and applications. Despite browser's power management feature, these pages/tabs on the browser often still eat considerable CPU cycles even though they run in the background. Stopping (kill -STOP) the browser processes is a simple and effective way to stop CPU eating on Unix. It can be performed whenever you are not using your browsers for a little while, e.g. when you are typing on an editor or watching a movie. When you want to use your browser again, simply unpause it.
ps_firefox(%args) -> [status, msg, payload, meta]
List Firefox processes.
terminate_firefox(%args) -> [status, msg, payload, meta]
Terminate (kill -KILL) Firefox.
unpause_firefox(%args) -> [status, msg, payload, meta]
Unpause (resume, continue, kill -CONT) Firefox.
Please visit the project's homepage at https://metacpan.org/release/App-FirefoxUtils.
Source repository is at https://github.com/perlancar/perl-App-FirefoxUtils.
Please report any bugs or feature requests on the bugtracker website https://rt.cpan.org/Public/Dist/Display.html?Name=App-FirefoxUtils
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.
Some other CLI utilities related to Firefox: dump-firefox-history (from App::DumpFirefoxHistory).
App::ChromeUtils
App::OperaUtils
App::VivaldiUtils
App::BrowserUtils
perlancar <perlancar@cpan.org>
This software is copyright (c) 2019 by 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.
To install App::FirefoxUtils, copy and paste the appropriate command in to your terminal.
cpanm
cpanm App::FirefoxUtils
CPAN shell
perl -MCPAN -e shell install App::FirefoxUtils
For more information on module installation, please visit the detailed CPAN module installation guide.