in reply to Re^2: file search
in thread file search

it is not giving me the files in the sub directory. How do i do that?

As per toolic's reply, use opendir/readdir.

I need to avoid cyclic links, but didn't get the idea how to check the cyclic link?

Have a look at readlink.

Also i need to find a way without recursion?

Any other restrictions? Can we use computers? Recursion is the only by far the most sensible approach when dealing with an arbitrary depth of sub-directories.

Update: Slightly toned down the recursion encomium!

Cheers,

JohnGG

Replies are listed 'Best First'.
Re^4: file search
by wfsp (Abbot) on Mar 07, 2011 at 17:42 UTC
    Can we use computers?
    johngg++
    Recursion is the only...
    One way might be push all the dirs onto a @stack as you find them and shift them off one at a time to process them. Then you can convince yourself you're not using recursion which I find easy to do. :-)
[reply]
[d/l]
      thanks for the reply john. I know, it is quite easy to do with recursion and File:FInd, but as i said, it was an assignment might be they are checking my capability. what do yo say, if we do a grep in the directory and stack the list and then taking the directory and processing the file.
[reply]

        If "they" are checking your capability, why are you trying to be dishonest about it by asking others to do your work for you?

[reply]

In Section Seekers of Perl Wisdom