So I am writing a script to do some directory work, but keep ending up with an empty array when I try and print out the directory's contents:

my $base_directory = $ARGV[0];

opendir(B_DIR, "$base_directory") or die "Could not open base director
+y $base_directory: $!\n";
my @client_directories = grep { $_ ne '.' and $_ ne '..' } readdir B_D
+IR;
close B_DIR;

foreach my $client (@client_directories)
{
    open(C_DIR, "$base_directory$client") or die "Could not open clien
+t directory $base_directory/$client: $!\n";
    my @config_directories = grep { $_ ne '.' and $_ ne '..' } readdir
+ C_DIR;
    close C_DIR;
    print "@config_directories\n";

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I am sure I am missing something amazingly simple (and yes, the directories do have files and such in them, they are not empty), but I am just not finding anything in @config_directories.

Any help is greatly appreciated!

-Shane

In reply to Confusion about an empty array by BuddhaNature

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