Hi pme

So I have tried your suggestion and I am now getting this error

Can't use string ("find . -name *.dpt | xargs grep "...) as a symbol ref while "strict refs" in use at ./perlref.pl line 14, <> line 1.

Here is my code as it stands can you see anything the pops out at you

#!/usr/bin/perl

use strict;

my $REG;
my @REGARRAY;
my $INI_DIR='/shares/MILKLINK/PPdir';

print "Enter Reg Number: ";
chomp ($REG = <>);

my $FILE = ('find %s *.dpt | xargs grep -l %s',$INI_DIR,$REG);

open $FILE, '<', my $DPT;

chomp(@REGARRAY, $FILE);
close $FILE;

foreach my $ITEM (@REGARRAY)
{
    system("/shares/optiload/prog/indref.sh $ITEM");    
}

[download]
The file it should pick up is test.dpt 
PX12RUJ 
PX12RUR
PX12RUV
#PX12RUU
PX12WLJ
#PX12WLL
PX12WLK
PX12RUW
WN14YGV
WN14YGY

[download]

In reply to Re^2: Grep file out of directory and read into array by Jalcock501
in thread Grep file out of directory and read into array by Jalcock501

Title:
Use:  <p> text here (a paragraph) </p>
and:  <code> code here </code>
to format your post, it's "PerlMonks-approved HTML":


  • Posts are HTML formatted. Put <p> </p> tags around your paragraphs. Put <code> </code> tags around your code and data!
  • Titles consisting of a single word are discouraged, and in most cases are disallowed outright.
  • Read Where should I post X? if you're not absolutely sure you're posting in the right place.
  • Please read these before you post! —
  • Posts may use any of the Perl Monks Approved HTML tags:
    a, abbr, b, big, blockquote, br, caption, center, col, colgroup, dd, del, details, div, dl, dt, em, font, h1, h2, h3, h4, h5, h6, hr, i, ins, li, ol, p, pre, readmore, small, span, spoiler, strike, strong, sub, summary, sup, table, tbody, td, tfoot, th, thead, tr, tt, u, ul, wbr
  • You may need to use entities for some characters, as follows. (Exception: Within code tags, you can put the characters literally.)
            For:     Use:
    & &amp;
    < &lt;
    > &gt;
    [ &#91;
    ] &#93;
  • Link using PerlMonks shortcuts! What shortcuts can I use for linking?
  • See Writeup Formatting Tips and other pages linked from there for more info.