Hi again!
If I understood it right...
@list = glob('*.txt');
would return all files that ends with *.txt in current directory?
/G
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From: "Randal L. Schwartz" <merlyn@stonehenge.com>
To: <beginners@perl.org>; "Gustav Wiberg" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Saturday, November 12, 2005 11:10 PM
Subject: Re: Why glob() ?
"Gustav" == Gustav Wiberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Gustav> Why to use glob()-command when I can use exec() ??? I don't get
it...
In modern Perl, glob() is internal, where exec/system/backquote/pipes
are external, so it's very likely faster to use glob, perhaps ten or
one hundred times faster.
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