Re: File::Find problems

Well this might be OVERsimplifying things a bit, but hey, isn't that what perl is?

my @files = `ls -l /dir/to/be/search`;

foreach my $file (@files) {
  do whatever 
}
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Help any?

Tradez
"Never underestimate the predictability of stupidity"
- Bullet Tooth Tony, Snatch (2001)

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Re^2: File::Find problems by sintadil (Pilgrim) on Sep 10, 2004 at 22:14 UTC
A couple of notes about that: `ls` doesn't exist everywhere. I didn't see any mentioning in the OP about any particular OS, so it's not safe to assume that the user is on a Unix-alike or something with an `ls` command (though ppt definitely comes close). `ls -l` generates a lot of surplus output besides just the files. Furthermore, the output of `ls -l` is probably not standardised across different Unix systems.	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^3: File::Find problems by graff (Chancellor) on Sep 11, 2004 at 01:06 UTC
I agree that using "ls" in backticks is poor style and not to be encouraged. As for point 2, I wonder wether tradez actually intended to use the digit "-1" instead of the letter "-l" (so easy to get these mixed up) -- in any case, the digit "-1" option is of course unnecessary in this context, just as the letter "-l" option is unsuitable. Bad form all around.	[reply]