Schelstraete Bart wrote:

> (sorry, my previous message was signed, which can give some problems)
>
> Hello,
>
> Can somebody tell me if it's possible:
> a) to count all the files in a directory , with extension 'msg' with perl

    Check out the glob operator of perl (perldoc -f glob or perldoc
File::Glob)
     perl -e 'print while (<*.msg>)'

>
> b) Can perl calculate the total size of those files?

    Check out the -s operator (perldoc -f -x)

   HTH,
   Sudarsan

>
>
> rgrds,
>
>          Bart
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