How about something like this:

#!/usr/bin/perl

use warnings;
use strict;

use File::Find;

my $path;

if ( $ARGV[0] ){
    $path = $ARGV[0];
}
else {
    print "Enter path: ";
    chomp (my $path = <STDIN> );
}

find( \&wanted, $path );

sub wanted {
    print "File: $_\n" if -f;
    print "Dir:  $_\n" if -d;
}

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Output:

steve@ubuntu:~/devel/repos/scripts/file_find$ ./find.pl 
Enter path: test
Dir:  .
File: b.txt
File: a.txt
Dir:  .hidden
Dir:  a
Dir:  b

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Update: Fixed so it allows either a command line arg, and if not present, prompts the user for the path.

Update2: This code actually seems broken since I made the first update, but I don't have time to look at the issue. This is an informational warning only, until I get a chance to look closer.

In reply to Re: How to read files in a directory, directory path to be given through CMD by stevieb
in thread How to read files in a directory, directory path to be given through CMD by ckj

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