Re: Stopping empty files from been pushed into an array.

Sure, just don't push the file onto the array if they're empty:

   push @array, $file_name unless length($file_contents) < 1;
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Update: Corrected len to length. (Too much Python today at work...)

When your only tool is a hammer, all problems look like your thumb.

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Re^2: Stopping empty files from been pushed into an array. by Your Mother (Archbishop) on May 13, 2015 at 20:38 UTC
What is `len()`? :P	[reply] [d/l]
Re^3: Stopping empty files from been pushed into an array. by FreeBeerReekingMonk (Deacon) on May 13, 2015 at 22:33 UTC
Why, it is of course: `sub len{ return do { local(@ARGV, $/) = $_[0]; <> } =~ y===c; }` [download] :P Disclaimer: use -s $filename. This code is ineficient and ment as a timtoady	[reply] [d/l]
Re^3: Stopping empty files from been pushed into an array. by roboticus (Chancellor) on May 14, 2015 at 02:43 UTC
Your Mother: len() is a function that gives you the length of things.... ...in python ...roboticus When your only tool is a hammer, all problems look like your thumb.	[reply]