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no need to read the directory twice .. few options:

read into a @listing array, and grep that to make @dirs and @files

read as little as possible w/a loop like:

my ($dir, $file);
while( readdir DIR ){
  if( -d ){
    $dir = $_;
    last;
  }
  $file ||= $_;
}
close DIR;
$cwd .= "/" . ($dir || $file || '.');
$cwd =~ s#/#\\#g;
warn $cwd;
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read whole thing and sort:

my @listing = sort { -d $b <=> -d $a || $a cmp $b } grep { ! /^\.\.?$/
+ } readdir DIR;
$cwd .= "/" . ($listing[0] || '.');
$cwd =~ s#/#\\#g;
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In reply to Re: Launch Windows Explorer from Windows DOS prompt by davidrw
in thread Launch Windows Explorer from Windows DOS prompt by jimbojones

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