>>>>> "Bryan" == Bryan Harris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

Bryan> I'm using the:

Bryan> @files = <*.in>;

Bryan> ... notation with Perl 5.0.  If I have too many files, @files ends up with
Bryan> nothing.  Is there a way to read in all 20k names?

Upgrade to Perl 5.6 or later.  The globbing no longer calls /bin/csh,
and thus avoids the shell's command-line-length limitations.

Or, learn to use readdir(), which is clunkier.

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