On Fri, Jan 24, 2014 at 06:26:58AM -0600, Martin G. McCormick wrote:
> This is a perl philosophy question. I need to look for
> some files, newest first. If I use the glob directive in perl, I
> can fill an array with all the file names that match the pattern
> but they aren't sorted in to ch
On Fri, 24 Jan 2014 06:26:58 -0600
"Martin G. McCormick" wrote:
> I have read perl instructional documentation that warns
> about using system("commands") and shell commands so my question
> is, what is wrong with that?
>
> The only thing I can see is that it is not portable and
> th
This is a perl philosophy question. I need to look for
some files, newest first. If I use the glob directive in perl, I
can fill an array with all the file names that match the pattern
but they aren't sorted in to chronological order. I found a
perlmonks posting in which the same question w
