Re^2: foreach loop to untar multiple files

Carefully look at your output... the file path is being specified twice... tar: /home/user/results//home/user/results/results_back.tar.gz. Try this:

for (@tar){
    print `tar -tvf $_`;
}
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ps. I'd recommend you look at my Archive::Extract example here, to avoid having to shell out.

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Re^3: foreach loop to untar multiple files by afoken (Chancellor) on Nov 13, 2015 at 17:59 UTC
for (@tar){ print `tar -tvf $_`; } [download] Quite dangerous. Imaginge a file named "`foo ; rm -rf * ; bar.tar.gz`", injected into `@tar` by `ls` or glob. (And yes, that's a legal filename.) Alexander -- Today I will gladly share my knowledge and experience, for there are no sweeter words than "I told you so". ;-)	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^3: foreach loop to untar multiple files by fasoli (Beadle) on Nov 13, 2015 at 17:22 UTC
Thanks for your answer. I noticed that the file path is specified twice, that's why I said that I tried to delete $results and only go for $_. However this was obviously wrong as it hangs for a few seconds and fails quietly and I was wondering if anybody knew why. The same happens with the script you provided :( I will look at the Extract example in more detail, it just scared me a bit as it looked a little more complicated.	[reply]
Re^4: foreach loop to untar multiple files by stevieb (Canon) on Nov 13, 2015 at 17:38 UTC
My example should be good to go, just update the path info in the variables. If you try it and you have issues, reply back and we'll help you through it :)	[reply]