On Sunday, July 14, 2002, at 09:02 , Lars wrote:
> Finding files that matches "*.jpg" recurse. And getting the answer as a > list. > Well that is not how to do it.... > > > $files = system("find /mnt/flash -name \"*.jpg\" "); > print "$files"; p0: that is not how you get input back from a 'child process'. my @files =`"find /mnt/flash -name \"*.jpg\" "`; would solve one way of doing that.... p1: what I would recommend is perldoc File::Find since that will give you the perl native interface for doing finds.... ciao drieux --- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]