how do i read all the files starting with a pirticular name

turumkhan has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

Hi every body! how do i parse the directory and read the files starting with a pirticular name. like a directory of mine may contain files like:

list1
list2
listABC
foo12
test2
... and so on
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so how do i read all the files starting with "list" how anyone can help me..... so thanks in advance.... - Turum

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Re: how do i read all the files starting with a pirticular name by Zaxo (Archbishop) on Jun 21, 2001 at 01:32 UTC
The iteration operator in glob form, `<list>` provides the file names. `FILENAME: while (<list>){ open(FH, "< $_") \|\| die; FILELINE: while (<FH>) { # <> uses filehandle here, reads lines # do stuff to lines } close( FH); }` [download]	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re: how do i read all the files starting with a pirticular name by davorg (Chancellor) on Jun 21, 2001 at 12:30 UTC
`opendir($dir) \|\| die "Can't open $die: $!\n"; my @files = grep { /^list/ } readdir; # The files you want are now in @files` [download]	[reply] [d/l]