Bjørge Solli wrote: > I have this as a part of my script: > > $ncfile = `ls -1 $mersea_cat | head -1`; > print $ncfile; > > It prints the desired first file in $mersea_cat, but _before_ that the ls > command prints an errormessage to stderr: > > ls: write error: Broken pipe
Why not just do it in Perl without shelling out to use ls and head: my $ncfile = substr glob( "$mersea_cat/*" ), length( $mersea_cat ) + 1; John -- use Perl; program fulfillment -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://learn.perl.org/> <http://learn.perl.org/first-response>
