I have used perl pretty extensively in the past for file/text manipulation. So this should be straightforward. My code reads a list of files from a directory into an array (via a glob), then iteratively goes through each one and makes a modified copy in a sub-directory. Straightforward stuff. I've simplified the code down a bit in the example below:


my $dir = '/some/directory/here';
my @files = <$dir/\d{6}*>;     # All the relevant files start with 6 n
+umbers, so don't glob others!

foreach (@files) {
      $inputfile = $_;
      [open $inputfile for reading, this code works fine]
      ....
      $outputfile = $inputfile;
      open NEWFILE, '>', "$dir/subdirectory/$outputfile" | die "Can't 
+open $dir/subdirectory/$outputfile for writing: $!";
      .....
}

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Any thoughts? I get the following error: "Cannot open /some/directory/here/subdirectory/314767_TJD_Appr5000_2017-01-06_13_10_03.txt for writing: at ConvertText.pl line 48.

Yes, I know the filename is somewhat long and convoluted, but it is what it is. :-)

Thanks for your guidance!

In reply to Why can't I open a file for writing? by tdilling

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