Re: Re: Counting only certain files...

I think using grep() or glob() in this case is a total overkill. You are not going to use filenames afterwards, so there is no need to allocate all that memory just to throw away the result.

my $total = 0;
opendir DIR, "$config{'basepath'}$key" or &oops("Category directory $k
+ey could not be opened.");
while ($_ = readdir DIR){$total++ if -f and /\d/o }
closedir DIR;
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Re: Re: Re: Counting only certain files... by SysAdm (Novice) on May 18, 2001 at 09:26 UTC
I went with this... `my $numfiles = 0; opendir DIR, "$config{'basepath'}$key" or &oops("Category +directory $key could not be opened."); readdir DIR;readdir DIR; while ($_ = readdir DIR){$numfiles++ if /\d.dat/o } closedir DIR;` [download] My files actually end with .dat, therefore I added the extension... I want to thank you all for your help... GOD I love this site... (no pun intended!) _______SysAdm	[reply] [d/l]

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Re: Re: Re: Counting only certain files...
by SysAdm (Novice) on May 18, 2001 at 09:26 UTC

my $numfiles = 0;
            opendir DIR, "$config{'basepath'}$key" or &oops("Category 
+directory $key could not be opened.");
        readdir DIR;readdir DIR;
        while ($_ = readdir DIR){$numfiles++ if /\d.dat/o }
            closedir DIR;
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