> > Does anyone have a method to count the # of characters in present working > dir? >
Well if you are looking for the length of $PWD, then, perldoc -f length my $length = length $PWD; If you are also looking at how to get the "current working directory", then, perldoc Cwd use Cwd; my $length = length getcwd; HTH, http://danconia.org -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://learn.perl.org/> <http://learn.perl.org/first-response>