Re: Access files in a folder

2011-07-31 Thread Shawn H Corey
On 11-07-31 06:44 PM, Emeka wrote: Yours will print the content of each file... while mine will list only their names. Yes, sometimes people want the contents printed but end up printing the list. I wasn't sure what you wanted and since your version looked good for printing the list, I show

Re: Access files in a folder

2011-07-31 Thread Emeka
Shawn, Yours will print the content of each file... while mine will list only their names. Emeka On Sun, Jul 31, 2011 at 9:57 PM, Shawn H Corey wrote: > On 11-07-31 04:52 PM, Emeka wrote: > >> Hello All, >> >> >> I wanted to do this ... >> >> while(<*.pl>){ >> print $_; >> } >> >> >> I got "BEG

Re: Access files in a folder

2011-07-31 Thread Emeka
Thanks Rob ... It worked. Shawn thanks so much. I found out that the problem was from my little box Nanonote... It has a light weight Perl. When I switched to real thing it worked. Emeka On Sun, Jul 31, 2011 at 11:02 PM, Rob Dixon wrote: > On 31/07/2011 21:52, Emeka wrote: > >> Hello All, >> >

Re: Access files in a folder

2011-07-31 Thread Rob Dixon
On 31/07/2011 21:52, Emeka wrote: Hello All, I wanted to do this ... while(<*.pl>){ print $_; } I got "BEGIN failed--compilation" Am I using something that is old? There is nothing wrong with that. Please show your complete program - there must be something else in the file that is causing

Re: Access files in a folder

2011-07-31 Thread shawn wilson
If you want that in a script, use File::Find and open each file and pass the file handle. On Jul 31, 2011 4:53 PM, "Emeka" wrote: > Hello All, > > > I wanted to do this ... > > while(<*.pl>){ > print $_; > } > > > I got "BEGIN failed--compilation" > > Am I using something that is old? > > > Emeka

Re: Access files in a folder

2011-07-31 Thread Shawn H Corey
On 11-07-31 04:52 PM, Emeka wrote: Hello All, I wanted to do this ... while(<*.pl>){ print $_; } I got "BEGIN failed--compilation" Am I using something that is old? Try: { local @ARGV = glob( '*.pl' ); while( <> ){ print $_; } } See: perldoc -f glob perldoc -f local perldoc pe

Access files in a folder

2011-07-31 Thread Emeka
Hello All, I wanted to do this ... while(<*.pl>){ print $_; } I got "BEGIN failed--compilation" Am I using something that is old? Emeka -- *Satajanus Nig. Ltd *