Command line multiple file input

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Re: Command line multiple file input by osunderdog (Deacon) on Dec 15, 2004 at 15:22 UTC
Since you reference dir I assume that you're running windows. If that is true then the answers are NO and YES. This isn't a Perl problem, it's a brain dead windows shell problem. For example on Windows XP, `perl -e "print join(',', @ARGV)" .` [download] Yields: `.` [download] On Linux, the sample command produces: `argo.user.properties,.....more files....,tmp` [download] To do what you want to do, `glob` will probably help. `perl -e "print join(',', glob(shift))" ` [download] On windows this then produces: `argo.users.properties,.....more files......,tmp` [download] Hope that helps "Look, Shiny Things!"* is not a better business strategy than compatibility and reuse. OSUnderdog	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re: Command line multiple file input by dragonchild (Archbishop) on Dec 15, 2004 at 14:00 UTC
What's happened when you tried input.* or something similar? I generally do something like `perl -pi -e 's/foo/bar/g' *.pm` ... YMMV Being right, does not endow the right to be rude; politeness costs nothing. Being unknowing, is not the same as being stupid. Expressing a contrary opinion, whether to the individual or the group, is more often a sign of deeper thought than of cantankerous belligerence. Do not mistake your goals as the only goals; your opinion as the only opinion; your confidence as correctness. Saying you know better is not the same as explaining you know better.	[reply] [d/l]
Re: Command line multiple file input by Anonymous Monk on Dec 15, 2004 at 14:11 UTC
The answers are, 'yes' and 'yes'. Since you asked, you apparently tried to do this, and failed. What did you try?	[reply]