Hello All, I'm trying to create a string to ultimately copy a file from one location to the other, but when i try to append a common string to the end of the file I'm not getting the results that I expect. Each file suffix is -vda.img with the prefix all completely random. Here is what I have so far.. 


$OLDVMDIR = "/sunstorage_kvm_images/kvm_images/images";  #Current Dire
+ctory
$NEWVMDIR = "/sunstorage_kvm_images/kvm_images/images_new";  #Target (
+New) Directory
$VMSFX = "\-vda\.img";  #File suffix for each file

<snip>

        @VMSHUT = `cat /tmp/virshlist_shutdown`;
          foreach $VMSHUT (@VMSHUT)
            {
              $VMFILE = $OLDVMDIR . $VMSHUT . $VMSFX;
              print "$VMFILE $NEWVMDIR \n";
            }

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What I'm expecting is it to print something like this..

/sunstorage_kvm_images/kvm_images/images/Debian-vda.img /sunstorage_kvm_images/kvm_images/images_new

Instead I'm getting..

/sunstorage_kvm_images/kvm_images/imagesDebian

-vda.img /sunstorage_kvm_images/kvm_images/images_new

TIA

In reply to Trouble with a string by johnnywhall

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