The only solution (and it's not a good one) is to replace all the spaces with a ? (question mark).
-----Original Message----- From: McCollum, Frank [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, January 28, 2002 4:10 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Matching for filenames with spaces in them? I asked this earlier but got no response, so all that is different is the subject. Surely, there is some one in this group who can answer this seemingly simple problem! -Frank > I am guessing that the spaces are the problem, because if I put the same > string in the Windows Find tool, I get the same unexpected results. I > have this code below and expect to get the file named... "Mortgage Market > Review Package (25 Jan ", but instead I get a single word, > "Market", which is not a file. Any insight into this? (I've tried with > an without the "\" in front of the spaces) > > > chdir "L:/Desks/Agency\ Passthru\ Trading/Reports/"; > $myNewFile = glob "*Mortgage\ Market\ Review\ Package*" ; > print "$myNewFile\n"; > > > > Thanks, > Frank McCollum > Bank Of America Securities, LLC > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > (704) 388-8894 > -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------- The views and opinions expressed in this email message are the sender's own, and do not necessarily represent the views and opinions of Summit Systems Inc. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
