I think you'll need to provide a better explanation of what you're trying to accomplish. I can think of lots of ways to do useful things with the output of dir(), but have no idea which one(s) you need.
On Thu, May 10, 2018 at 7:52 PM, ToddAndMargo <toddandma...@zoho.com> wrote: > On 05/10/2018 04:49 PM, ToddAndMargo wrote: > >> On 05/10/2018 04:43 PM, Brandon Allbery wrote: >> >>> On Thu, May 10, 2018 at 7:34 PM, ToddAndMargo <toddandma...@zoho.com >>> <mailto:toddandma...@zoho.com>> wrote: >>> >>> https://docs.perl6.org/routine/dir <https://docs.perl6.org/routin >>> e/dir> >>> >>> perl6 -e 'my $x=dir; say "$x";' >>> >>> Does indeed read the directory, but give me one YUGE string. >>> I need each entry to have some kind of a separator. >>> >>> >>> I'd say you did that to yourself, by wrapping it in quotes thereby >>> forcing it to turn into a simple single string. $x itself is a Seq of >>> IO::Path objects. >>> >>> It will be easier to track this if you capture into an array (@x instead >>> of $x) and iterate over the contents. Or iterate directly: >>> >>> pyanfar Z$ 6 'for dir() -> $x { say "$x" }' >>> debian-8.2.0-amd64-lxde-CD-1.iso >>> lb.txt >>> screenshotF-20161029T192446.png >>> haskell-report-1.4.ps.gz >>> hkcart.jpg >>> (...) >>> >>> I'm quoting $x there for the same reason, to turn the IO::Path into a >>> Str. Although arguably the correct way to do that is $x.Str instead of "$x". >>> >> >> I get a bunch of quotes and .IO's >> >> :'( >> >> >> >> $ perl6 -e 'for dir() -> $x { say $x };' >> "eraseme.pl6".IO >> "crashme.pl6".IO >> "DisableCaplock".IO >> "OpenSmartSuite".IO >> > > > using "$x" removes the quotes and .IO, but I need to test each > line without the quotes and .IO's > > > > > -- > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Computers are like air conditioners. > They malfunction when you open windows > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > -- brandon s allbery kf8nh sine nomine associates allber...@gmail.com ballb...@sinenomine.net unix, openafs, kerberos, infrastructure, xmonad http://sinenomine.net
