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Perl (Scripting) - Store files directories in array (glob)

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The glob operator can be used to get a list of files in a directory. For example, let's say you have a Linux system with the following files.

/usr/local/file1.txt
/usr/local/file2.txt
/usr/local/file3.txt

 

glob can be used to store each file in an array. The nice thing about glob is that it can easily handle the wildcard character.

my @files = glob("/usr/local/file*.txt");

 

Likewise, glob works if you have a Windows system. This makes glob quite appealing, as this would make your Perl scripts compatible across platforms.

my @files = glob("C:\users\john\Documents\file*.txt");

 




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