Re: How do i take the first 4 characters of any file name in a specified directory?

In the spirit of TMTOWTDI:

$name =~ /^(.{0,4})/ && print "$1\n";
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In the matter of obtaining the filenames, I fully agree with dHarry, use readdir & co.

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Re^2: How do i take the first 4 characters of any file name in a specified directory? by moritz (Cardinal) on Sep 17, 2008 at 07:59 UTC
Don't forget the `/s` modifier on your regex, because a file name could actually contain a newline character (at least on unix-like platforms that's allowed).	[reply] [d/l]