Re^2: get list of files matching part of file name

I used glob to list all the files in my current directory and using those list of files i'm trying to find out matching files in other directory

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Re^3: get list of files matching part of file name by Athanasius (Archbishop) on Jul 11, 2012 at 13:29 UTC
A couple of points: (1) In the `foreach` loop, `$file` contains a filename together with its path and extension. To extract just the name part, you need something like: `(my $basename = fileparse($file)) =~ s/ \. .* $ //x;` [download] which uses the `fileparse` function from `File::Basename` to extract the filename, then removes the extension (if any). (2) `print Dumper(@matches);` will print each match on a separate line. You would probably be better off with something like this: `printf "'%s' matches: %s\n", $basename, join(', ', @matches);` [download] HTH, Athanasius <°(((>< contra mundum	[reply] [d/l] [select]

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A couple of points:

(1) In the foreach loop, $file contains a filename together with its path and extension. To extract just the name part, you need something like:

(my $basename = fileparse($file)) =~ s/ \. .* $ //x;
[download]

which uses the fileparse function from File::Basename to extract the filename, then removes the extension (if any).

(2) print Dumper(@matches); will print each match on a separate line. You would probably be better off with something like this:

printf "'%s' matches: %s\n", $basename, join(', ', @matches);
[download]

HTH,

Athanasius <°(((>< contra mundum