Creating an array containing an ls listing

[jtripper6]

I need to create an array that contains a list of the files in a directory. I know it needs to be a comma separated list, and I tried using join, but couldn't get it to work the way I hoped it would. I used the following code:

#!/usr/bin/perl 
  2 @fnames = system ls;
  3 @fnames = join (",",$fnames);
  4 print $fnames[0];

When I print $fnames[0], I want to get the first element in the array, but I get the entire array (without commas). Can someone tell me what I'm doing wrong?
Thanks....

 

[KevinADC]

system does not return data. Try using qx (same as backtiks):

$var = qx{ls};
print $var;

see what $var is.


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- Kevin, perl coder unexceptional!

 

[jtripper6]

Kevin,
Your solution does exactly what I'm looking for. Thank you VERY much!
jt