#!/usr/bin/perl use lib $lib; # Extract module name from perl(Module::Name) = blah if (/^perl\((.*)\).*$/) { my $module = $1; # Require the module so we can get at its version number eval "require $module"; # Grok the module's version my $modver = eval "\$${module}::VERSION"; # Rewrite the output with the right version number print "perl($module) = $modver\n"; } else { # Not a perl module reference, pass through unchanged print; }