Placing results of "ls" command into an array

[bitz2000]

From a perl program, I'm trying to issue an "ls" command and capturing the results into an array instead of placing it into a file. I need to be able to look at each line of the output and pick out certain pieces of information.

With the command below, I have been able to capture the output but I can't dissect it into individual lines. Is there a way to do this - and if so - how can it be done?

I'm not a newbie to Perl however I am definitely far from being an expert.

Command I'm using:
$output = system("ls *.txt -lt"

Thanks in advance for any help you send me.

 

[kudithipudi]

bitz2000 - Try @output = system("ls *.txt -lt" . Then you can do something with each line..

- V.

 

[bitz2000]

Thanks for the input - tried that. Still didn't work. Sorry I didn't say that in my original note.

 

[kudithipudi]

I just tested it and worked fine for me. What is the error you are getting?

- V.

 

[rosenk]

I never thought that you could get output at all using the [tt]system[/tt] function.

You could do:
[tt]my @output = `ls *.txt -lt`;[/tt]

 

[kudithipudi]

rosenk - You are correct. Thanks for pointing the mistake.

 

[bitz2000]

Thank you SO MUCH to the both of you (rosenk and kudithipudi)! The "my @output = `ls *.txt -lt`;" worked like a charm. You don't know how long I've been banging my head on this one. I was able to output the results to a file using the system command but not to an array (which is what I really wanted in the first place).

Life is now much easier!

Take care.