Re: array of files in directory

@files=<./*>;
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Re^2: array of files in directory by Tanktalus (Canon) on Mar 14, 2006 at 03:39 UTC
I was thinking glob, which is what implements the above behaviour, but then got distracted and forgot to post. However, upon seeing this, I must recommend glob over the `<>` operator. For starters, it's way clearer. The `<>` operator is already overloaded for the much more common "read from filehandle" use, so people seeing this would be easily confused, or at least have to take a second or two to recall this odd usage. Also, the `<>` operator has some weird properties when dealing with spaces and such where the glob function doesn't. `@files = glob '*';` [download]	[reply] [d/l] [select]

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Re^2: array of files in directory
by Tanktalus (Canon) on Mar 14, 2006 at 03:39 UTC

I was thinking glob, which is what implements the above behaviour, but then got distracted and forgot to post. However, upon seeing this, I must recommend glob over the <> operator. For starters, it's way clearer. The <> operator is already overloaded for the much more common "read from filehandle" use, so people seeing this would be easily confused, or at least have to take a second or two to recall this odd usage.

Also, the <> operator has some weird properties when dealing with spaces and such where the glob function doesn't.

  @files = glob '*';
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