RE: Checking for Directories

One can use the -d "dirname" test. from the command line:

perl -e "-d (\"/tmp\") and print \"aack\n\"";
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in a script:

#!/usr/local/bin/perl
-d "/tmp" and print "/tmp is a directory\n";
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RE: RE: Checking for Directories by Fastolfe (Vicar) on Jul 29, 2000 at 01:07 UTC
Just for future reference, you can mix quotation mark styles on the command line, eliminating the escapes. `$ perl -e "-d (\"/tmp\") and print \"aack\n\""` [download] becomes `$ perl -e '-d ("/tmp") and print "aack\n"'` [download]	[reply] [d/l] [select]