Hey,

I am a beginner for Perl. Had a basic question. Would appreciate the help.

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#!/usr/bin/perl
# change_directory.pl
use warnings;
use strict;
use Cwd;

#list the Timepoint directories
my @TP_dir = glob("T*");
print @TP_dir, "\n";

#list the first timepoint directory
print $TP_dir[0], "\n";

my $current_dir = getcwd();
print $current_dir;

chdir ("$current_dir/$TP_dir[0]") or die "Can't change directory to TP
+ $!\n";
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I am running my perl script in DOS and here is the output: 

C:\Documents and Settings\Punita Sharma\Desktop\ExperimentDate>pe
tory.pl
T1T2
T1
C:/Documents and Settings/Punita Sharma/Desktop/ExperimentDate
C:\Documents and Settings\Punita Sharma\Desktop\ExperimentDate>

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Essentially my problem is that I am not able to get the chdir to work. I'd like to use the mkdir within the T1 and T2 subdirectories.

Thanks

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