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NAME
       cpan - easily interact with CPAN from the command line

SYNOPSIS
               # with arguments, installs specified modules
               cpan module_name [ module_name ... ]

               # with switches, installs modules with extra behavior
               cpan [-cimt] module_name [ module_name ... ]

               # without arguments, starts CPAN shell
               cpan

               # without arguments, but some switches
               cpan [-ahrv]

DESCRIPTION
       This script provides a command interface (not a shell) to
       CPAN.pm.

       Meta Options

       These options are mutually exclusive, and the script pro-
       cesses them in this order: [ahvr].  Once the script finds
       one, it ignores the others, and then exits after it fin-
       ishes the task.  The script ignores any other command line
       options.

       -a  Creates the CPAN.pm autobundle with CPAN::Shell->auto-
           bundle.

       -h  Prints a help message.

       -r  Recompiles dynamically loaded modules with
           CPAN::Shell->recompile.

       -v  Print the script version and CPAN.pm version.

       Module options

       These options are mutually exclusive, and the script pro-
       cesses them in alphabetical order.

       c   Runs a `make clean` in the specified module's directo-
           ries.

       i   Installed the specified modules.

       m   Makes the specified modules.

       t   Runs a `make test` on the specified modules.






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CPAN(1)          Perl Programmers Reference Guide         CPAN(1)


       Examples

               # print a help message
               cpan -h

               # print the version numbers
               cpan -v

               # create an autobundle
               cpan -a

               # recompile modules
               cpan -r

               # install modules
               cpan -i Netscape::Booksmarks Business::ISBN

TO DO
       * add options for other CPAN::Shell functions autobundle,
       clean, make, recompile, test

BUGS
       * none noted

SEE ALSO
       Most behaviour, including environment variables and con-
       figuration, comes directly from CPAN.pm.

AUTHOR
       brian d foy <bdfoy@cpan.org>



























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