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You're not getting the errors you should because

open INFILE,'<$name'  || warn ("Cannot open input file $name\n");
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means

open INFILE, ( '<$name' || warn ("Cannot open input file $name\n") );
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which is the same as the following (since '<$name' is always true):

open INFILE, '<$name'
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You want to use parens or lower-precedence "or":

open(INFILE, '<$name')
   || warn ("Cannot open input file $name\n");
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open INFILE, '<$name'
   or warn ("Cannot open input file $name\n");
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Then there's the problem that '<$name' produces the five character < $ n a m e. You need to use double-quote to interpolate.
```
open(INFILE, "<$name")
   or warn ("Cannot open input file $name\n");
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```
Or better yet, use the safer, more reliable 3-arg open:
```
open(INFILE, '<', $name)
   or warn("Cannot open input file $name: $!\n");
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```

Finally, $_ only contains the name of the file, not the path to the file. You need to use $File::Find::name.
open(INFILE, '<', $File::Find::name) or warn("Cannot open input file $File::Find::name: $!\n");
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There's also a problem with
```
"$directory\$name"
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```
The backslash before the $ tells Perl to treat the $ as a non-special character. You want
```
"$directory\\$name"
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```
The following would also be fine:
```
"$directory/$name"
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```
Yes, even on Windows. Windows accepts both slashes.

In reply to Re: How to open files found via File::Find by ikegami
in thread How to open files found via File::Find by Anonymous Monk

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