FOOMATIC-PERL-DATA(1)

✨ FOOMATIC-PERL-DATA ✨

okay bestie, so this is the manual for foomatic-perl-data from the Foomatic Project — it's a lil General Commands Manual situation and it's here to help you turn XML into Perl data structures 🎀 like, it literally reads XML and spits out Perl. that's the whole vibe. no cap.

🌸 NAME 🌸

foomatic-perl-data — generate Perl data structures from XML 💅

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

foomatic-perl-data [ -O ] [ -C ] [ -P ] [ -D ] [ -o option=setting ] [ -o ... ] [ -v ] [ filename ]

✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

she takes XML and she makes Perl data structures out of it. that's it, that's the gig. iconic behaviour honestly. 🫶

the way you run her is in the SYNOPSIS up there ⬆️ and the options are all below, so let's get into it.

💖 Options 💖

• -O — parse overview XML data 👑
• -C — parse printer/driver combo XML data. this one is the default, so if you don't say anything she just assumes combo. main character energy fr fr. 🌟
• -P — parse printer entry XML data 🌈
• -D — parse driver entry XML data 🔥
• -o option=setting — default option settings for the generated Perl data. ⚠️ heads up: this is combo only, so don't try it with the other modes, bestie. also you can stack it — the synopsis shows -o ... meaning you can pass more than one -o if you need to. 💅
• -v — verbose (debug) mode 🔍 so you can see what she's actually doing in there. nosy queen behaviour, we love it. 🍓
• filename — read input from a file instead of from standard input. if you don't give her a filename she'll be reading off stdin, so pipe something in or she'll just be sitting there waiting. 😭

🎀 EXIT STATUS 🎀

foomatic-perl-data returns ... (and yeah, that's genuinely all the original says about it — the sentence literally trails off into the void 💀)

👑 AUTHOR 👑

Manfred Wassmann <manolo@NCC-1701.B.Shuttle.de> — written for the foomatic project, using output from the associated binary. give him his flowers, periodt. 💐

💀 BUGS 💀

This manpage needs editing.

and honestly? she said it herself. the manpage is aware of its own flaws and that is the most self-aware thing i've ever seen 🙈 iconic of her to just admit it.

Foomatic Project 🌸 dated 2002-04-22 🦋 and that's the whole page bestie — go forth and generate those Perl data structures, you've got this 💜✨