#!/usr/bin/perl use strict; use warnings; use Perl::MinimumVersion::Fast; # Perl::MinimumVersion::Fast - another module which does the same thing. # It's a lot faster, but only supports Perl 5.8.1+. my $filename = 'test.pl'; my $p = Perl::MinimumVersion::Fast->new($filename); print "Minimum: " . $p->minimum_version, "\n"; __END__ $ perl version.pl Minimum: 5.006