In your "wanted" subroutine, $_ contains the filename!!
$File::Find::dir contains the directory
$File::Find::name contains the lot.
On Tue, 24 Apr 2001 09:52:04 -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Sandor W.
Sklar) wrote:
>Hi, folks ...
>
>I'm generating a list of files (from a find subroutine) and putting
>them in an array. The list looks like ...
>
>/home4/dsadmin/7790/DocuShare/documents/b003/File-11523.1
>/home4/dsadmin/7790/DocuShare/documents/b003/File-11587.1
>/home4/dsadmin/7790/DocuShare/documents/b003/File-11651.1
>/home4/dsadmin/7790/DocuShare/documents/b004/File-1156/html/main.htm
>/home4/dsadmin/7790/DocuShare/documents/b004/File-1604/html/main.htm
>
>(... a small sample)
>
>and I'm trying to get just the "File-nnnn" part of each line; some
>lines that I am matching against will have a trailing slash, with
>additional path info that I'm not interested in; other lines will
>have a period and a number following, which I am also not interested
>in.
>
>
>Perhaps the File::Basename module would do what I want, but I can't
>get my mind around its documentation. I thought of using split on
>each line (splitting on the "/", and then looking each element of the
>array returned), but that seems, well, stupid. I'm sure that there
>is some really simple magic here; I just don't see it. Can someone
>enlighten me please?
>
>Thanks,
>-s-
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