ldapsh

This is an LDAP shell. I wrote it a long time ago, actually, but have only recently gotten around to making it release-worthy.

It is composed of two parts: Net::LDAP::Config, and ldapsh.

Net::LDAP::Config is a library for simplifying and centralizing access to your LDAP repositories. Instead of having every single script ask for your ldap server and search base, or have it hard coded, you can simply use this library:

my $config = Net::LDAP::Config->new("default");

It's got a couple other nice features, like the fact that it caches your LDAP UID (per host), so you should only ever have to type it in once. It's pretty well documented, so 'perldoc Net::LDAP::config' should get you the rest of the way.

ldapsh, and its corresponding library Net::LDAP::Shell, provide (shockingly) the shell