Re^2: Regex Question

Thanks nefigah. That worked. Now, how do I read the directory for that file pattern within the script?

Is there a link that explains all of the File:: functions?

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Re^3: Regex Question by nefigah (Monk) on Mar 10, 2008 at 16:48 UTC
Well, I'm pretty new too, so not sure if this is the best way, but I would use the glob function as was recommended earlier, something like this: `use File::Basename; my $dir = dirname($path); $dir .= '/'; # Note: if the result of dirname already has the slash, +you only need to add the while (glob $dir) { # this will loop through files in that directory, putting each filen +ame in $_ }` [download] You can check out `perldoc -f glob` at the command line or perldoc.org! I'm a peripheral visionary... I can see into the future, but just way off to the side.	[reply] [d/l] [select]

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Re^3: Regex Question
by nefigah (Monk) on Mar 10, 2008 at 16:48 UTC

use File::Basename;
my $dir = dirname($path);
$dir .= '/*'; # Note: if the result of dirname already has the slash, 
+you only need to add the *
while (glob $dir) {
  # this will loop through files in that directory, putting each filen
+ame in $_
}
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perldoc -f glob

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