in reply to A looping question

Have a look at perl's file test functions. You can use -d $foo to test if a directory exists. That would simplify your problem.

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Re^2: A looping question
by graff (Chancellor) on Sep 10, 2010 at 13:50 UTC
    In this context, using "-e" would be better, since a given name might exist as a data file (or symbolic link).
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Re^2: A looping question
by Anonymous Monk on Sep 10, 2010 at 12:54 UTC
    Thanks, this made the job a whole lot easier
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