Re^2: using File::Find for reading files in order

In the find sub, $_ is equivalent to File::Find::name

Nope. $_ holds the name relative to the current directory at the time of the subroutine call, which in the default case has been chdir'ed to the location of the file. But $File::Find::name is always relative to the original directory.

So they aren't the same. Definitely different uses. You can use $_ inside the subroutine, but if you want to save the name for later, you want to use $File::Find::name. And in fact, it'd be wrong to use $File::Find::name within the subroutine, because your relative name would have been applied twice. Ouch.

-- Randal L. Schwartz, Perl hacker

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Re^3: using File::Find for reading files in order by hbm (Hermit) on Feb 04, 2009 at 16:37 UTC
merlyn, Thanks for clarifying. I was hesitant to say "equivalent"; even to say anything other than "you can shorten your code..." And now I've reread the doc, a Good Thing. I've reread the OP too, and I think the claimed output is misleading. Surely it is more like the following? (In which case my suggestion can be stricken, as it would only yield the files.) `/path/to/File 1 /path/to/File 10 /path/to/File 100 /path/to/File 2 /path/to/File 20 ...` [download] Whew.	[reply] [d/l]

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Re^3: using File::Find for reading files in order
by hbm (Hermit) on Feb 04, 2009 at 16:37 UTC

merlyn

I've reread the OP too, and I think the claimed output is misleading. Surely it is more like the following? (In which case my suggestion can be stricken, as it would only yield the files.)

/path/to/File 1
/path/to/File 10
/path/to/File 100
/path/to/File 2
/path/to/File 20
...
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Whew.

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