On Wed, Aug 28, 2002 at 04:59:59PM +0530, Javeed SAR wrote: > Hi, > > I am reading dirextory using ls.
Don't. Use opendir and readdir. The 'perldoc -f readdir' gives you an example how to filter the result by using grep. > How to match for .dsp and .vbp file extensions > > Is this right? > > if ($file1 =~ m/\.vbp$/) opendir DIR, "/some/dir" or die "Cannot access /some/dir: $!\n"; my @files = grep { -f && /\.(ds|vb)p$/ } readdir DIR; closedir DIR; print @files; -- Well, then let's give that Java-Wussie a beating... (me) Michael Lamertz | +49 2234 204947 / +49 171 6900 310 Sandstr. 122 | [EMAIL PROTECTED] 50226 Frechen | http://www.lamertz.net Germany | http://www.perl-ronin.de -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]