On 6/1/07, Ben Edwards <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: snip
The variable $flist has something like '*.cvs' in it which I guess is almost but not quite a regular expresion.
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* in shell matching terms means .* in regex terms . in shell matching terms means \. in regex terms cvs is the same Where does the value in $flist come from? If you are originating it then say my $flist = qr(^.*\.cvs$); instead of my $flist = "*.cvs"; If the user is supplying the value, well I think there is a module that will turn a shell match into a regex. You might look at Regex::Common. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://learn.perl.org/
