PERL Miscellaneous - spaces in paths

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spaces in paths

Eric.Medlin@gmail.com

2005-08-29, 6:59 pm

The following code doesn't print out the file list.

#!/usr/bin/perl

$inFolder = "~/folder space";
@folders = <$inFolder/*>;
print "@folders\n";

Adding double quotes around like @folders = <"$inFolder"/*>; fixes the
problem, but then
$inFolder = "~/folder_nospace"; doesn't print out anything. How do I
get it print out the file list all the time.

Gunnar Hjalmarsson

2005-08-29, 6:59 pm

Eric.Medlin@gmail.com wrote:
> The following code doesn't print out the file list.
>
> #!/usr/bin/perl
>
> $inFolder = "~/folder space";
> @folders = <$inFolder/*>;
> print "@folders\n";
>
> Adding double quotes around like @folders = <"$inFolder"/*>; fixes the
> problem, but then
> $inFolder = "~/folder_nospace"; doesn't print out anything. How do I
> get it print out the file list all the time.

You may want to try:

$inFolder =~ s/ /\\ /g;

Or, probably safer, use opendir() and readdir() instead.

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Gunnar Hjalmarsson
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