NAME
OpenBSD::PkgSpec - "packages-specs(7)" handling
SYNOPSIS
use OpenBSD::Search; # which pulls in OpenBSD::PkgSpec when needed my $spec = OpenBSD::Search::PkgSpec->new($pattern); @sublist = $spec->filter(@list);
DESCRIPTION
"OpenBSD::PkgSpec" is the canonical interface to "packages-specs(7)" handling.
A package specification $pattern is a string that can be used to extract matching package names from a @list. The resulting list @sublist will only hold the package names that match the specification.
For performance reason, the result may contain duplicates.
Note that any pattern will create a "PkgSpec" object. If the syntax is incorrect, the resulting object won't match anything. Use "$spec->is_valid" to check for correctness.