[Sderby] PERL

[Kevin Noon]

Hi,
I hope this info is of use to you
I was the in cheap book shop in Ashby they have a few books on Pearl at
a very good price.
Regards Kevin
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andre.hefer@avhservices.co.uk
Sent: 29 December 2002 18:16
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Subject: Re: [Sderby] PERL

Dave

If you look in the Perl Cookbook on http://safari.oreilly.com/ you will
find
a lot of useful info. I am a member and pay US $10 per month for access
to
five books.

Here is the hyperlink to the recipe you are looking for.

http://safari.oreilly.com/?XmlId=1-56592-243-3/ch09-24-fm2xml


Andre
----- Original Message -----
From: "David Jolley" <dave@lucien.cx>
To: <sderby@mailman.lug.org.uk>
Sent: Friday, December 27, 2002 2:25 PM
Subject: Re: [Sderby] PERL


> * hemstock@tiscali.co.uk (hemstock@tiscali.co.uk) wrote:
> > All,
> >
> > Does anyone know anything about PERL?  I'm trying to capture the
listing
> > of a directory and then assign each file name to a variable for
testing.
> >  I've got as far as
> >
> > $line=`ls`
> >
> > Now I want to set up a loop to assign the first file to a variable,
test
> > it, then the second, then third, etc.
> >
> What do you then need to do to the filenames in the variables - it may
> be the case that what you actually need to achieve is best achieved in
> sh script, and judicious use of xargs.
>
> Failing that, to assign all the filenames to a list use:
>
> $a = (`ls`);
>
> Then;
>
> print "$a";
>
> will print them all out to confirm it worked.  Or, more accurately, it
> worked for me :)
>
> You should then be able to use the perl list iteration constructs to
> go through each element in turn.
>
> > Sorry if this isn't too clear, I can't find a clear way to explain
it!
> >
> Hopefully this is what you wanted...
>
> Cheers,
>
> Dave.
>
> --
> Lord of the Rings (abridged):
>         Some guys take a long holiday to throw a ring in a volcano.
>
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