inspired by Module Version Number?, this utility will generate the beginnings of a perl script, with use statements for modules passed via command-line, including module versions and null import lists.

for example, saving the script as perlgen.pl, and running with perlgen.pl CGI DBI Win32::Shortcut will produce:

#!/usr/bin/perl
require 5.006_001;
use strict;
use warnings;
$|++;

## generated by perlgen.pl: 0.01

use CGI 2.752 qw//;
use DBI 1.15 qw//;
use Win32::Shortcut 0.03 qw//;

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#!/usr/bin/perl
require 5.006_001;
use strict;
use warnings;
$|++;

our $VERSION = 0.01;

## generate a perl script header

## print generic header
print <<"EOH";
#!/usr/bin/perl
require 5.006_001;
use strict;
use warnings;
\$|++;

## generated by $0: $VERSION

EOH

## print out versions of modules
for( @ARGV )
{
    eval "require $_";
    no strict 'refs';
    my $modVersion = ${$_ . '::VERSION'} || '';
    print "use $_ ",  $modVersion, ' qw//;', $/;
}

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