Linux Rocks wrote: > > John> Perl has the tools to do most of that without running an external > John> program like 'ls' or 'grep'. > > Yes, thank you, I know. I will be dealing with data that is arranged SIMILAR > TO THE OUPUT OF ls -l, NOT THE ACTUAL OUTPUT OF THAT COMMAND and it will have > NOTHING to do with files or directories, in fact it will be diagnostic output > of instruments.
Sorry, your original post said "I want to read contents of a dir, filtered, into a hash." If you had presented your actual problem I might have been able to provide better help. John -- use Perl; program fulfillment -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
