in reply to XML::XPath and processing multiple files

I tried a little test myself and I can reproduce the "Cannot open file ..." error by either not chomping the filename or by having the file not existing in the folder the script is looking at or by having a file that is not readable by the user or group that owns the script.

The new method just performs a -e and -r file test on the argument of new.

Do you provide the full file path in your list of files?

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