On Sep 26, a n said:
>I have a file that contains a list of file name prefixes and a directory
>of expanded file names as shown here.
>
>I need to read the prefix_list.txt and for each prefix, list Only the
>relevant files from the samples directory.
>
>For example: For the prefix : y022inv, the script should return the
>following list:
>
>y022invha0.txt y022invhb0.txt y022invhc0.txt.
my @files;
open PREFIX, "< prefix.names" or die "can't read prefix.names: $!";
while (<PREFIX>) {
chomp;
push @files, <$_*>;
}
close PREFIX;
That should be all you need.
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<stu> what does y/// stand for? <tenderpuss> why, yansliterate of course.
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