@list=<compplte_file_list);
@msg_list= grep /*.msg$/ , @list;
$count-@msg_list;

On Fri, 5 Apr 2002, Sudarsan Raghavan wrote:

> Schelstraete Bart wrote:
>
> > (sorry, my previous message was signed, which can give some problems)
> >
> > Hello,
> >
> > Can somebody tell me if it's possible:
> > a) to count all the files in a directory , with extension 'msg' with perl
>
>     Check out the glob operator of perl (perldoc -f glob or perldoc
> File::Glob)
>      perl -e 'print while (<*.msg>)'
>
> >
> > b) Can perl calculate the total size of those files?
>
>     Check out the -s operator (perldoc -f -x)
>
>    HTH,
>    Sudarsan
>
> >
> >
> > rgrds,
> >
> >          Bart
> >
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