#!/usr/bin/perl
use warnings;
use Cwd;
$out = "outFile";
$newdir = $newdirectory;
open(TABLEA, "dirlist");
@tablea = <TABLEA>;
foreach $dir (@tablea) {
    chomp @tablea;
    chdir $dir;
    print(cwd);
    print "\n";
    if (glob("*.txt")) {
        system("mv $out $newdir");
    }
}

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If I add the chomp and I print the current working directory, the only directory that gets printed is the first directory, multiple times(as many times there are files in the main directory). Any other thoughts? Thanks.

In reply to Re^4: Check if file exists in multiple directories by Bama_Perl
in thread Check if file exists in multiple directories by Bama_Perl

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