in reply to How to process only files created on specific month?

I assume that by "create" you mean the mtime shown in your ls output. You can use stat and localtime to get what you want. 

while (<*Dec2003*.txt>) {    # this is a glob
    if ( (localtime( (stat)[9]))[4] == 11 ) {
        # open $_ and process it
    }
}

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Update: Not_a_Number++ is correct. Repaired.

After Compline,
Zaxo

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Re: Re: How to process only files created on specific month?
by Not_a_Number (Prior) on Jan 23, 2004 at 21:40 UTC
    if ( (localtime( (stat)[9]))[4] == 12 )...

    I think you mean:

    if ( (localtime( (stat)[9]))[4] == 11 )...

    ...since month numbering starts from zero (for January)

    :-)

    dave

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Re: Re: How to process only files created on specific month?
by danield (Novice) on Jan 23, 2004 at 21:05 UTC
    Hello Zaxo,
    how would you include the oposite situatuion? (File with name November, but with mtime shown sa December) In one script? Thank you.
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      I'd quit messing with file names and just go by mtime. Here's a way to make an AoA of file names. 

      my @files;
while (<*.txt>) {
    push @{$files[ (localtime +(stat)[9])[4] ]}, $_;
}

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      That gives you the November files as @{$files[10]}. You may want to rewrite that to take account of years, too. A hash may be more convenient than an array.

      After Compline,
      Zaxo

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