hey...i dont know what is the problem in this script...but it says cant open the file....
#!/usr/bin/perl -w
use strict;
my ($dir,$file,$old,$new);
print "Enter Directory path: ";
$dir = <STDIN>;
print "Enter filename: ";
$file = <STDIN>;
print "Enter old pattern: ";
$old = <STDIN>;
print "Enter new pattern: ";
$new = <STDIN>;
chomp ($dir,$file,$old,$new);
opendir (DIR, "$dir") || die $!;
my @files = readdir(DIR);
foreach my $filename( @files)
{
if ("$file" =~ "$filename")
{ open (FH, "$file") || die "cant open file $!";
my @lines = <FH>;
print @lines;
foreach (@lines)
{
if (grep /"$old"/, $_)
{ s/"$old"/$new"/g;
print $_;
}}
}}

[download]
it says/..............
cant open file No such file or directory at ./change.pl line 18,

In reply to reading file in directory by kansal611

Title:
Use:  <p> text here (a paragraph) </p>
and:  <code> code here </code>
to format your post, it's "PerlMonks-approved HTML":


  • Posts are HTML formatted. Put <p> </p> tags around your paragraphs. Put <code> </code> tags around your code and data!
  • Titles consisting of a single word are discouraged, and in most cases are disallowed outright.
  • Read Where should I post X? if you're not absolutely sure you're posting in the right place.
  • Please read these before you post! —
  • Posts may use any of the Perl Monks Approved HTML tags:
    a, abbr, b, big, blockquote, br, caption, center, col, colgroup, dd, del, details, div, dl, dt, em, font, h1, h2, h3, h4, h5, h6, hr, i, ins, li, ol, p, pre, readmore, small, span, spoiler, strike, strong, sub, summary, sup, table, tbody, td, tfoot, th, thead, tr, tt, u, ul, wbr
  • You may need to use entities for some characters, as follows. (Exception: Within code tags, you can put the characters literally.)
            For:     Use:
    & &amp;
    < &lt;
    > &gt;
    [ &#91;
    ] &#93;
  • Link using PerlMonks shortcuts! What shortcuts can I use for linking?
  • See Writeup Formatting Tips and other pages linked from there for more info.