Deleting files with .conv extension

Anonymous Monk has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

Hi, I have files with .conv extension . How can i delete those files using unlink? Usually i m doing unlink($filetobedeleted). But how to delete all the files with .conv extension. Thanks.

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Re: Deleting files with .conv extension by roboticus (Chancellor) on Dec 31, 2012 at 07:30 UTC
Check out `perldoc -f readdir` and/or `perldoc -f glob`. In fact, you should skim over `perldoc perlfunc` and get a feel for all the functions perl has. You'll find a lot of handy ones in there. ...roboticus When your only tool is a hammer, all problems look like your thumb.	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re: Deleting files with .conv extension by tobyink (Canon) on Dec 31, 2012 at 15:50 UTC
`unlink for <*.conv>;` [download] `perl -E'sub Monkey::do{say$_,for@_,do{($monkey=[caller(0)]->[3])=~s{::}{ }and$monkey}}"Monkey say"->Monkey::do'`	[reply] [d/l]
Re: Deleting files with .conv extension by Anonymous Monk on Dec 31, 2012 at 07:30 UTC
#!/usr/bin/perl -- use strict; use warnings; use autodie; use File::Find::Rule; my @conv = find( file => name => qr{\.conv$} => in => $startdir ); for my $file ( @conv ){ eval { unlink($file) } or warn $@ }	[reply]