>>>>> "Rob" == Rob Dixon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Rob> my @new = grep /[^.]/, readdir DIR; This is still the wrong regex. While it's narrow enough for windows, it will *break* on Unix. No reason not to do the right thing here: grep { $_ ne "." and $_ ne ".." } readdir DIR; Rob, I'm surprised you still posted this even after our private email exchange. You were *told* in email that this regex is broken. Therefore, I will warn others to please discount Rob's postings in the future, and watch carefully for his postings for errors. He appears to be someone who *wants* to help but actually *distracts* rather than helping. {sigh} -- Randal L. Schwartz - Stonehenge Consulting Services, Inc. - +1 503 777 0095 <merlyn@stonehenge.com> <URL:http://www.stonehenge.com/merlyn/> Perl/Unix/security consulting, Technical writing, Comedy, etc. etc. See PerlTraining.Stonehenge.com for onsite and open-enrollment Perl training! -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://learn.perl.org/> <http://learn.perl.org/first-response>