$ module_exists diagnostics && echo yes || echo no yes $ module_exists beeblebrox && echo yes || echo no no
Shows the path if the module is installed or exit quietly (to simply avoid the 'No documentation found' msg). Show Sample Output
Will check if the given module is installed in the @INC. It will print the path and return 0 if found, or 1 otherwise. Based on script from SharpyWarpy in http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/linux-general-1/how-to-list-all-installed-perl-modules-216603/ Show Sample Output
This attempts to load a Perl Module (-M flag) and use version 9999, since no module has a version this high, Perl exits either a) telling you the version of the module installed or b) tells you it can't find the module. Show Sample Output
Any thoughts on this command? Does it work on your machine? Can you do the same thing with only 14 characters?
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