NAME

App::Console::Prompts -

SYNOPSIS

  use App::Console::Prompts qw(:all);
  my $color = prompt('What's your favorite color?');
  my $pw = prompt_for_password();

EXPORTS

Nothing exported by default

Exported upon request

prompt, prompt_for_password, prompt_Yn, prompt_yN, prompt_yn

:all

prompt, prompt_for_password, prompt_Yn, prompt_yN, prompt_yn

DEPENDENCIES

This module requires these other modules and libraries:

    Digest::SHA1
    Perl::Module
    Exporter

DESCRIPTION

  Prompt to STDERR and read from STDIN.

PUBLIC INTERFACE

prompt

Prompt for input

options:

  -nocolon  Do not put a colon (:) at the end of the prompt
  -noecho   Do not echo typed characters
  -noempty  Reprompt if no input is received

prompt_for_password

Prompt for input

options:

  -noempty  Require non-empty passwords
  -confirm  Require confirmation
  -sha1hex  Digest the password before returning

prompt_yn

Prompt for a yes/no response (require an answer)

prompt_Yn

Prompt for a yes/no response (default is Yes)

prompt_yN

Prompt for a yes/no response (default is No)

PACKAGE INTERNALS

_prompt_yn

Prompt for a yes/no response

$type:

  'yN'    Default is no (default)
  'Yn'    Default is yes
  'yn'    Require input

AUTHORS

    Ryan Gies <ryangies@cpan.org>

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