hehe, its my coffee brake so i couldnt resist to bake and submit a homegrown.
it aint pretty and the disclaimer took more mork then the code, but hey , i had three more minutes when it wuz finsihed !
yippy! back to work, if ya like going on holidays you need to get a new job folks, computers are sweet.
i'd just wish atari still survived, or amiga, or .. ohwell, *sigh*, ... i hope this helps someone out there :)
if it does, please enjoy but above all:
be nice 

.recurser.pl:
#!/usr/bin/perl
# automagical-develop-and-do-what-you-want  
# licenced by your monthly
# abZurd.org or abZurd-affiliate visit ;)
# http://abzurd.com/legal/licence/automagical
# easily install by following next three steps

# step 1: 
# make sure you are programming in perl
# yes?, ok, place sub in code :]
sub recurse {
    my $dir = shift;
    my $action = shift;
    print "this isn't a dir! ($dir)\n" unless (-d $dir);
    opendir(DIR,$dir);
    foreach(readdir(DIR)) {
        if ($_ =~ /^\..?.?$/) { next; }
        if (-d "$dir/$_") {
            &recurse("$dir/$_",$action);
        } else {
            &$action("$dir/$_");
        }
    }
}
# onwarths with the fun part
# step 2:
# create a sub that does something with all those
# digital hunks of data (all bought and paid are they?)
sub doMeCauseItHurts {
    printf "%s\n",shift; # ohyeah,ls -R|dir/s functionality ;)
}
# step 3:
# just call it on the dir and pass it a reference to your sub:
&recurse($ENV{USERPROFILE},\&doMeCauseItHurts);

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In reply to Re: How do I recursively process every file in a given directory? by Anonymous Monk
in thread How do I recursively process every file in a given directory? by vroom

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