#! /usr/bin/perl -w use strict; use warnings; use lib "c:/strawberry/perl/site/lib"; use HTML::Strip; my $hs = HTML::Strip->new(); my $write_dir = 'G:\research\sec filings 10k and 10Q\data\filing docs\1993\Clean'; my $files_dir = 'C:\Dwimperl\Perl\1993'; opendir (my $dir_handle, $files_dir) || die "failed to open '$files_dir' <$!>"; while (my $file = readdir($dir_handle) ) { next unless -f $file; #next if $file eq '.' or $file eq '..'; open my $file_handle, "/dwimperl/perl/1993/$file" or die "failed to open '$file' <$!>"; while (my $line = <$file>) { my $clean_text = $hs->parse( ' ' ); print $write_dir "$file\n"; $hs->eof; } } close(); closedir $dir_handle;