PERL Beginners - Re: File::Find again

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Re: File::Find again

Paul Lalli

2007-03-24, 3:58 am

On Mar 23, 5:59 pm, m...@blisses.org (Matt Herzog) wrote:
> I can see why people hate this module but I can't seem to let go.

There's nothing wrong with the module, and your question has nothing
to do with it.

> I point this script at a deep dir structure that has java .properties
> files sprinkled throughout it. Right now when I have my regex "hard coded"
> in the file, (.properties$) the search works fine. I need to be able to use
> the variable $searchstring at the command line. Is this even possible?

Of course it is. What's stopping you? Did you even bother *trying*,
or did you just assume it won't work?

> If not, is there a way to exclude directories from being returned?

perldoc -f -X
which, again, has nothing to do with File::Find.

Paul Lalli

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