Re: Beginners guide to File::Find

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Re^2: Beginners guide to File::Find by dwhite20899 (Friar) on Aug 07, 2005 at 00:50 UTC
If I have a need to process all of the files in a directory tree, I use `find2perl` to generate a template. If you are familiar with the *ix `find` command, there are several options you can use to your advantage, but I usually stick to `find2perl / -type f -print > template.pl` . You can substitute any starting directory instead of / to suit, and the `-type f` will limit the code to files. You should end up with this subroutine: `sub wanted { my ($dev,$ino,$mode,$nlink,$uid,$gid); (($dev,$ino,$mode,$nlink,$uid,$gid) = lstat($_)) && -f _ && print("$name\n"); }` [download] I replace the `print("$name\n")` with my code that performs an action on every file.	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^3: Beginners guide to File::Find by Anonymous Monk on Dec 07, 2011 at 19:57 UTC
Does anyone know how to get the return value for find ? There is no documentation or any discussion on it	[reply]
Re^4: Beginners guide to File::Find by jdporter (Paladin) on Dec 07, 2011 at 20:00 UTC
According to the source, the `find` function does not have a (meaningful) return value.	[reply] [d/l]
Re^2: Beginners guide to File::Find by sekitan (Beadle) on Mar 11, 2005 at 23:39 UTC
Dear anonymous monk, I can assure you that these fine examples do work on Win32. Don't give up on File::Find, it makes life better.	[reply]