NAME¶

purl-tool - Package URL tool

SYNOPSIS¶

    purl-tool [OPTIONS]...STRING
    purl-tool --type STRING [--namespace STRING] --name STRING [--version STRING] [--subpath STRING] [--qualifier KEY=VALUE [...]]
    purl-tool [--help|--man|-v]
    Options:
          --help                    Brief help message
          --man                     Full documentation
          -v                        Print version
    "purl" string encode options:
          --type=STRING             Type
          --namespace=STRING        Namespace (optional)
          --name=STRING             Name
          --version=STRING          Version (optional)
          --qualifier KEY=VALUE     Qualifier key-value (optional)
    "purl" string decode options:
          --download-url            Download URL
          --repository-url          Repository URL
      -0, --null                    Return NULL char instead of new line
          --format=FORMAT           Output format
          --dumper                  Data::Dumper format (--format=dumper)
          --json                    JSON output format (--format=json)
          --yaml                    YAML output format (--format=yaml)
          --env                     ENV output format (--format=env)
    Examples:
    Parse the given Package URL string and return JSON and send the STDOUT to jq:
        purl-tool pkg:cpan/GDT/URI-PackageURL@2.11 --json | jq
    Download the package from the repository using Package URL string:
        wget $(purl-tool pkg:cpan/GDT/URI-PackageURL@2.11 --download-url)
    Create a canonical Package URL string
        purl-tool --type cpan \
                  --namespace GDT \
                  --name URI-PackageURL \
                  --version 2.11

DESCRIPTION¶

"purl-tool" Package URL tool

EXAMPLES¶

Parse the given Package URL string and return JSON and send the STDOUT to jq:

    purl-tool pkg:cpan/GDT/URI-PackageURL@2.11 --json | jq

Download the package from the repository using Package URL string:

    wget $(purl-tool pkg:cpan/GDT/URI-PackageURL@2.11 --download-url)

Create a canonical Package URL string:

    purl-tool --type cpan \
              --namespace GDT \
              --name URI-PackageURL \
              --version 2.11

AUTHOR¶

Giuseppe Di Terlizzi <https://metacpan.org/author/gdt>

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE¶

Copyright © 2022-2025 Giuseppe Di Terlizzi <https://metacpan.org/author/gdt>

You may use and distribute this module according to the same terms that Perl is distributed under.