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in thread Comparing Values PER Sub-folder

Let me first address another issue... Tie::File can be rather slow--especially when used on large files. This is why I used File::Slurp for the line count. Also, remember that you should untie the formerly tied array when done with it.

I ran your subroutine, adding untie @filelines; before the end of the code block, and it executed just fine (it ran fine w/o that addition, too, but it's best to follow a tie with an untie). I'm unsure why you're not getting any output from the routine...

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Re^4: Comparing Values PER Sub-folder
by omegaweaponZ (Beadle) on Sep 05, 2012 at 00:52 UTC
    Good call about untie. But even if I use slurp I'm still not recieving any print return results. 
    find(\&countLines, $dir);

sub countLines {
    /\.txt$/ or return;

    my $completePath = $File::Find::name;
    my $curDir       = $File::Find::dir;
    my $curFile      = $_;

my @lines = read_file( $curFile ) ;
my $numLines = @lines;
    print "Cur dir: $curDir; Cur file: $curFile; Num Lines: $numLines 
+\n";

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    Is this definitely finding every .txt file in ALL sub-directories? I don't understand why it wouldn't even print a current directory or current file unless that .txt parameter is not working and its finding 0 files.

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      Yes, provided that the top dir contains *.txt files. You can try commenting out /\.txt$/ or return;, so all files are displayed. Another option is to initialize $dir with the complete path to the 'top' directory you want File::Find to traverse, in case '.' may not be working.

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        Looks like I had some type of perl package mis-match. I was attempting to initialize File::Find::Rule on a prior test, which conflicted with something. I re-arranged something also in a different sub and it seems to be working just fine now. I think slurp is a good way to grab this, by setting these to a variable I think a simple comparison of directory to file lines should work well, but I will post again if something else seems to go astray. Thank you for your help!
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