How do I read a directory?

Anonymous Monk has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question: ⭐ (directories)

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Re: How do I read a directory?⭐ by hippo (Archbishop) on Sep 17, 2018 at 11:13 UTC
With Path::Tiny and using the `children` method: `use Path::Tiny 0.028; my $dir = path ('/path/to/dir'); # Retrieve all entries except '.' and '..' my @all = $dir->children (); # Alternatively, retrieve a subset - here just the perl scripts my @perl = $dir->children (qr/\.pl$/);` [download]	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re: How do you read a directory? by damian1301 (Curate) on Mar 25, 2001 at 11:50 UTC
You call `opendir`, then `readdir`, and then `closedir`. Originally posted as a Categorized Answer.	[reply]
Re: How do I read a directory? by cLive ;-) (Prior) on Mar 30, 2001 at 10:37 UTC
Use the readdir function. To read only certain files, you can use it with grep. For example: `my $dir = '/path/to/dir'; # read all entries: opendir DIR, $dir or die "read dir $dir - $!"; my @dir = readdir DIR; closedir DIR; # read only cgi scripts: opendir DIR, $dir or die "read dir $dir - $!"; my @cgi_scripts = grep /\.cgi$/, readdir DIR; closedir DIR; # read all but (UNIX style) hidden entries: opendir DIR, $dir or die "read dir $dir - $!"; my @dir = grep !/^\./, readdir DIR; closedir DIR;` [download]	[reply] [d/l]
Re: How do you read a directory by Sherlock (Deacon) on Apr 19, 2001 at 23:20 UTC
This is very good, but there is one error: `open DIR, $dir \|\| die $!;` [download] should be: `opendir DIR, $dir \|\| die $!;` [download] - Sherlock	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re: Answer: How do you read a directory by I0 (Priest) on Apr 20, 2001 at 10:14 UTC
Don't you mean `opendir DIR, $dir or die $!;` [download] or `(opendir DIR, $dir) \|\| die $!;` [download]	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re: How do you read a directory by tinman (Curate) on Mar 25, 2001 at 12:17 UTC
this node could help too.. yes, shameless self advertisement, I know :o) Originally posted as a Categorized Answer.	[reply]
Re: How do you read a directory by Anonymous Monk on Mar 27, 2001 at 11:03 UTC
The tin man answered my question last time I read here.... what happened to his answer? Originally posted as a Categorized Answer.	[reply]