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Reading directories and subdirectories using recursion
Hello all, I have a directory structure with lots of text files in it. I want to have a script that basically takes in the top level directory as a parameter, and it will read through all the directories and subdirectories and retrieve all the filenames. I thought that the best way to tackle... -
The best XML writer module?
Hello, I'm trying to write some data to an XML file. What is the best module to write stuff onto an XML file? I use XML::Simple to read stuff, and it works very well. I'm going to read stuff in using Simple, make some changes, and rewrite it to the same file. I tried XML::Writer but it was... -
Generating javascript through perl
Hello, I have a perl file that generates an html file to use on a webpage. I have to add some javascript to the html part of the perl file. I already have some code to do that, but here is the issue: the javascript needs to grab a parameter from the perl information. eg., lets say I need to... -
Scanning directories for XML files and reading them
Hello, I would like to scan a certain directory for XML files. Then I want to take in every XML file, read it, and stores the contents as a string in an array. For example, if the directory has file1.xml, file2.xml, and file3.xml, they would all be scanned and read. Then, all the contents of... -
Extracting a string from an XML file
Hello, I have an XML file that I need to extract data from. The file has multiple lines, one of which contains the following tag: <Owner> owner's name goes here </Owner> I need to be able to extract the owner's name from the XML file. I have never programmed Perl before, but I have a pretty...
