List files only in a directory

[manutektips]

Hi,
How do I list the files ( and not directories) in a given path. I want to run a loop where I want to process file by file. I want to read the content of one file, check something, close the file, move on to next file until all the files are processed in that given directory. Please help

 

[feherke]

Hi

How do I list the files ( and not directories) in a given path.

The example in the manual at the [tt]readdir[/tt] command is close to what you want. Only have to change the condition.

opendir(DIR, $some_dir) || die "can't opendir $some_dir: $!";
@files = grep { ! -d "$some_dir/$_" } readdir(DIR);
closedir DIR;

Feherke.

http://rootshell.be/~feherke/

 

[manutektips]

Hi,
Thanks for the information. Does "grep" function work in windows

 

[brigmar]

If you mean 'Does Activestate perl support grep()?', then yes.

 

[KevinADC]

perl has it's own grep() function, which is what feherkes code is using.

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