In my OS, any character ASCII > 0 and ASCII < 128 are valid characters to use in a file or directory name. However, Perl's -d operator seems to be balking at this. It's mkdir command handles it well enough, though.

I get this error: 

Unsuccessful stat on filename containing newline at MyModule.pm line 2
+10.

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Here is all I'm doing: 
next if -d "$dir/$current_filename";

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I don't see any advice in Q&A files or Q&A directories. Perldoc -X doesn't specify what might be the problem, and my searches aren't turning up anything, either.

Is there some way to tell Perl's -d function, "It's OK. Nevermind the newline, already! My OS, he likes it, all right?"

In reply to Perl stricter than my OS regarding file/dir names by jffry

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