Harry Putnam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

> Running the ls from inside perl program
>
>   #!/usr/bin/perl -w
>   ## Notice the pipe symbol

Some kind of conspiracy has removed the PIPE symbol I referenced
 (probably a `senior moment')
>   open(PROC,"ls ");
               ^^^^
should have a pipe like this:
    open(PROC,"ls |");

>   while(<PROC>){
>     ## collect file names
>     push @ls_array,$_;
>   }
>   close(PROC);
>   for(@ls_array){
>   [...]
>   }



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